District News

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 May 1914, Page 2

District News

EVENTSTN SHANNON. ,isy our .Resident Ilepresentative). St. Joseph's Choir will give a sacred concert in Gillandia Hall on Trinity Sunday, June 7th, ,at p.m. Lovers of sacred music will no doubt avail themselves of this opportunity. A special meeting of the School Committee was Monday eve,niiig. i All the members were present, the chairman (Mr P. T. Linsell) presiding. The meeting 'was called to consider the proposal to hold a concert and dance to "raise funds for asphalting ,-the playground. After discussion 'it was decided to postpone the concert till- after the teachers had had their children's fancy-dress ball m aid of tHe piano fund. It was also resolved to write to theJßoard of Education and ask them if they would accept the value of the labour of members of the school committee in lieu of cash and grant the committee £1 for £l for the labour to provide material for asphalting the playground; also to request the Board to instruct their inspector to indicate what portion of the playground should be asphalted. DEBATING SOCIETY. The debuting Society met on Tuesday evening. The evening was devoted mainly to readings from favourite authors each member being supposed to contribute a selection. The llev. J. A. McKenzie anuounced that the subject next Tuesday would be "That the results of the modern system of education are not satisfactory.'' Mr Exall gave a reading from Charles Dickens' "Pickwick Papers.'* Mr Sinclair read .from on able article by Thomas -Arnold on "English literature.' . A good selection from the works of E. B. Lucas on "The Open lload" was well read by Mr Selby. . It comprised a variety of poems from the pens of modern writers. Mr Fargher favoured the company with a reading from an American humorist-—which caused much amusement. He _ was followed by Mn 0. 11 .\Gardiner,/ who.-selected Ella Wheeler Wihy son as liih favourite authorMi- J. HensniaTK cq:itri!ni!<;ii poem of his own composing '<mi Shannon twenty years ago. The Rev. J. A. MeKennie gave a reading from the "Thread of Gold," by A. C. Benson. An admirable piece of making much out of little in farm yard reflections. Mrs Hensman followed with a pathetic poem on English country life by an anonymous author, and then the meeting came to a close.