WAIORONGOMAI BAND OF HOPE.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 33, 19 January 1884, Page 7

WAIORONGOMAI BAND OF HOPE.

The fiivt regular meeting of the above was held in the school-house, Waiorongomui, on Wednesday evening last. There was a very good attendance, the room being crowded. The Rev. Mr Mai ahull occupied the chair. The following programme was gone through :— Mr Herbert Soppet recited " The Smack in School ;" this was followed by a song, "The Propercst Thing to do," by Ur G. Robertson ; Mr Lovell then gave a reading. Next on the list came Mr Brame, who gave a reading " S-jrmon on Malt." Mr Brains also made a few remarks on the Teetotal question, particularly referring to the bringing up of the " little ones " in the way they should go, and nruing the ciders l-> assist them i»\ ex. imp. o ami pri(c*t.l. M.-L«j\v:l .igiin f.ivo -.r •.! the meeting wit'i • r citation iMititL'il "The Orp!ian\ Pn-er; 11 Mr F. ivippet t'.iMov.vd witii a u> -station filial " iia.jlioh/rV ll.ill ;" Mr G. \l »Vit,<>n rendered tlu song "That's not the w.iy at S-a; 11 Mnster B. Kilian King "The Union Jack of Old England," receh uvj, 11 m^ing encore ;" Mr Judkin gave a binull but tom-hing reading, intended for the boys iv pirticnlar ; and Mr A. Samson favoured tliH meeting with a song cillt-d " fs That Mother Deiuling O'er M.-. 1 ' Mr Hawkins redd an niutHng piece called " The Origin of Sciud il ;" and Mr fljr!>ert Sopp ;t con eluded th'j pro^r.unme wit i a ivuiLition ■entitled '• Tha Frenchm in 1 * F.ea PowdcT, 1 ' whii-li fairly brought down ' the holism. l\lv Lovell, secretary, to whose exertions the credit of so succHssriil ,i niuv-ting il()u •, thankp'l the friMi I- \V"» iiad ashistud in the [>rograinine, tho-^i; w.i.) i-.iin \ ironi To Arohitj a-,id the Itev. Mr M .rstmll for the kind .md altle nuniir-r in which ho had rilled the chair in the hour <<( nr,vd. Mr Lovell also stated tii.tt the iK-xt mcrti.-ig would be hold on Tuesday, 6th Feliuiry. The meeting was enlivenoi by the larrikin element coiwd Tabiy, thoroof baing made a recepticle for general sundries The irrepressible baby was there .iiso in several places, lending sweet disco d and unhrirtn minus howl. Mr Lovell in the absence el' the h.innonist conducted the hinging on tlie flute and accord <i «)n.