A PROJECTED LECTURE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 269, 26 June 1880, Page 2

A PROJECTED LECTURE.

We are informed that Mr J. P. Arm strong has kindly consented to deliver onof his most amusing lectures «t an early date in Temuka, in aid ot the Temuka Mechanics Institute The subject is likely t > be "The Irish Pilgrim," and, from tie: opini- ns of the Press in Otago, a treat i-. in sloro lor us, b> ldom to be obtained here We give below one or two of the crit.eisms on Mr Amstrong's lecture, whichi rominu:-from such journals as the Otago D'dly Times and the Saturday Advertiser* will speak for themselves. OPINIONS OP THE PRESS "Mr Armstrong's lecture is trtdy what its described, a humorous and interesting one, and so well did it take, that tho lecturer was frequently stopped in the middle of his sentence* by the hearty laughter which his original and amusing remarks evoked"—Otago Daily Times '• At a time like this, when maudlin lecturers are so plentiful, and who only succeed in making their hearers nearly as stupid as themselves, it was really a great treat to listen to Mr Armstrong for an hour and a half last Wednesday eveuing The high praise bestowed on the lecturer by such a man as judge Chapman, who has spent a life time in literary pursuits, is no little reward to Mr Amstrong It was in every sense of the word a great treat"' —Saturday Advertiser