Sanson Items.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 49, 27 September 1883, Page 3

Sanson Items.

. ■» , t ■ •» (VBOH OUB OWU COEEBSFOirDBXT.) > The usual fortnightly meeting of the; Blue Ribbon Army was held in the school | house on Monday evening last. The ! Rev. W. -Worker presided- The meeting was opened with the usual religious serricea. __• mihuteS-bf the previous meeting were read ' and confirmed. It was Ld^rdft'd that the .proceeds of the lecture, * ' delivered * by. , Williim For, which amoutj^d, to nearly , five, pounds, should be devoted to tbcpurchaae of instruments for •ifceJMi.nvand Fife * Band. Mr Parr produced a subscription list by which he. • (sfiowei tba^he had cbllected the ium of •' '£&' l-s'fOr the same object.' Messrs A. Thompson (secretary), Thaflter, H; Ban- ,. son, H. Bennett, J. Harris, A. Cockburn, .;." 1-L Harris, G. Baxter, and John Johnston were elected as a band committee. It wps decided, to send for the instruments at once. It was decided that Mr Patten, of Feilding, be invited to give a lecture in about sir weeks. Mr Bennett suggested that it would be advisable to hold Temperance Experience meetings the same as in large towns where much good resulted from such assemblies. Mr Worker said that there were hot many in the room -w*h:o had Bad much experience in drinking, yid . the less they had the better. Master *W\ Hedges gave a reading which was T *W fW e )i wceiy*^ ■•„; Master Thomas .Kaneifoliowedwith a recitation,. which ; '-- waslvery funny- and was received with fclv __Stf of laughter and /applause.- -After • singing a nynu^ the meeting closed.