Country News. BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. GLENAVY.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 154, 26 May 1900, Page 3

Country News. BY OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. GLENAVY.

TJhe social which took place ■on'Wedoes- ■ day night last in the' G-lenavy sohool-iiouse ■was, from all points of view, a pronounced •success. Taking place aa it did on the ■«ye of the Queen's Birthday, th« -proceed- 1 rings were of necessity of a, patriotic order. 'Starting shortly-after 8 p.m. </be dancers,' to the ■enUvenin^ 'strains of Mr-'A-.E. 1 Kelvin's music, devotid themselves <jo thB worship of the aneient-Gbdegs'Terpsichore. -Mr Alf Pelvin.in the'flapacityof M.O. v 'gave full satisfaction to tht assembly,' and <■» xaeed of praise is due to iim o ior, his^'flntiring efforta^to meet the r^quiremßnts 1 , "Of the occasion. 1 -the*aying echoes bfrthe.nudAighii hoar told bf^ **aoUifir iclosM-iaid' .adilieditb .the =

Jl'isii'tous reign of Her Majesty the Qaeen, *£: Aif Pelvin called upon the chairman of the committee, Mr Butt, to address? the meeting. Mr J3utt, on rising amid applause, said that it afforded him extreme gratification to be present, and to have the privilege of addressing such a. number of the young people o£ the district It also cva=3 his pleasant duty to inform them that the year which had just lapsed .was the 6hrd of the reign of our gracious Queen. 'JHil', jear just closed had been one : of ti'ouble and anxiety, and had also <idBed a chapter of thfe colonies in the sendingforth of their sonstto bear a hand ior the Mother Llthd. (Applause). The hero of Mafeking came in for some laudatory .remarks .at this gentleman's hands, who assured his hearers that it was something to be prond of to bs born under the shadow of that- flag, whose onward unswerving progress signalised the great Triad ofFieedom, Justice and sLiberty. Mr Batt 1 then called' upon the audience, under the ieadership of Mr Robertson, to join in singing the National Anthem, which waa^ungi In great style bythe assembly. The cater- , -ing was in capable hands, and the energies of the committee in dispensing the edibles were duly appreciated at their full value. The interpolated songs wera supplied by the following :— Song, Wirema W baited ; Mr .Geo. Sullivan supplied the comic -element in his songs and "bone" sokn ; song, Mr John Teague; song, Mr (encored) ; Irish Jigs, Messrs Hardy and Deveaux. The proceedings closed shortly before three a.m. by the singing of the " Soldiers of the Queen," and the folks toddled off home by the light of crescent moon after spending a bappy time. At a meeting -held 'here last Jiiday nighi, At was decided to hold a grand fancy dress ball in the near future. A strong woiking committee was formed, and no efforts will be spared on their part •to make the affair a-succesn. The new 3 h I creating, quite a furore hereabouts, and no I doubt the event will prove most interesting and unique. The proceeds are to be devoted to tne object of bui ding a public hall here— a thing sadly needed— and that should in itself nerve the hesitating purchaser to venture in a iicket.