Young Men's Mutual Improvement Class.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 56, 4 August 1885, Page 3

Young Men's Mutual Improvement Class.

Tho^nsitajp tyeefcCy': "iQeting- was. m tire Wefile'y Halilast evening and drew a good attendance of the . public-, .-the meeting being m o^)isLpnsi:ri'El£o} 'Pr&r-i .dent of tbe : Society; • tho Roy: R, S^ :Biinp^jyi*as.:iti*^B;^ha:rjt' ;^ !proceedinn-s with a reading, after which . ;Mrs Kibblewhite sang ; "JWh.pl }vsll-'fiarej Mother now." Tho debate on. f * Capital Punishment ", v was tbe^^njext item anc! was unil'3i;taj:ett)b^^fes»i < s :^V. Stubbf Sftd -Z^kCxtaciti alfiginYitCvei t^id Me3sr^ : Jt.^ear^anJiTvVliali negative. The question waS ably handled by,, these gentlemen, and ,th,e manner pf , jirgumcnt . and kiiowledjjoot the' siibjoct^a^leugsedV The chairman cqngc^uUitetl th^ »peakQE£ upon f he^abie liiahher m which they con- v ducted the debate and tJten 'took thoyote of the meeting with the folloAving result, - 20 for and 2 against capital punishment,. The following ite.ins were/subsequently : rendered and! "duly^ -Appf eciated>j^--Borig^~ Mrs- Bunn,- 'V Rotliesay"^^" ; song, , Miss Rainbow, u ih the Glbaining "; a Recitation br Mr Eiohardson ; song, "The Golden Shore," Mrs Kibblewhite ; ♦♦When Sparrows Build," Mrs Bunn. Votes of thanks to the speakers and to ; the ladies 'for their attendance brought the meeting to a dose, ■.'■, .