EKETAHUNA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3240, 27 June 1889, Page 2

EKETAHUNA.

(From Our Own'Oorrespondettt). 1 > At the aacred\concert:-given ,i|i. the^ Wesltiynn Cliilicli on Monday 24th,', thebuildiug was the various items lon'the^piograM.tue.^ were gone through lnawry creditable^ minner, considering the short numbet,",! of practices The weather has beep'?* greatly against; members of the choir j sittending practice, arid i ben were just recovering from;Coldf.;?i.;. t Taken- altogether- with.-the,vaHOU3vv:.. drawbacks-; the: then several parts fir, better than I expected. -Mib t and Mr Stewart clarjonStte r opened.;,',. the programme with tbo march y '! A tix Flambeaux/! followed" by,v.the?>y! ohoir, "bong of the Soldier," the t solo '' Father pray with ine to.mght/':.':--; Mr. ■ Anthem,' •>'!• Bebold-I? choir.x« A slight mißtake by. rather spoilt tbo harmony. of ithis ,-asplendid piece,- - Solo,-" Mv. ,Mother'#; Bible' 1 (Mm Morris) gi'ven-.by,that:<* young ladv in 'hei'v'usual 'pleasiDgiV: style; Anthem;; to . my mimLqdite tbo. best :anthem given during: the 'J.evening; Solo,. "M) bud jn Heaven," Mr-Jenny, This last gentleman .not havingbia part written out:had toread-.fromitheiV copy btfoio tbo organist 'lhi8 (K j quite spoilt the tbe Binding.,: J It is impossible for >any • onerto^get; thoir notes out: dear with their.heads" v below their oh?st, The duet, witb chorus:" One ■ day.; nearer, home;" •<:. Misses Morns was'quite r> a treat, (Marionette duot, Mr Pap- „ worth and. Miv Stewart, Anthem, "For: God bo : lovedvjthe.■ world," ohoir.- -The. solo, * J.' Pilgrims £ of :the. night," Mibs Dorset; young'lady ,seemed slightly nervous m,". the opening, but quickly lecovered. .- 1. was pleased to see jßucb a great improvement in,- this -young lady's singing; it rather. Burpnaed me..-There ; :r> ; is nothing like .jiraotioo.l -The duet , by Miss and Master • Morns; '-'i-Tha--; Ohristian Martyr,"--so "pleased: thai audionco; that■> thoy■< insibted -on atv*; eucore. Solo,," Invocation,"Mr. »•' Penny, a decided improvement ou. this gentleman's--former- sole.v 'So judged the audience, as they demanded- ■; an encore, Anibenij "By. grace are > ye saved," choir, followed by the duet with chorus, "God bo with you." • Mißaes Morns and Iroethy, " Chris- • tians.good night." choir, the first, but I hopo not the lasEjf conceit that will be given by tbo, i choir. A vote of thanks wbb tjivonto" - Mi- Papworth for tho very able man-'- -: ■ her in which he had got up the concert ; and especially, the efficient way in .' 1 which he. bad conducted the various- 1 - choruses, i The weather fcr the last ten: days ■has beon rather damp,: It seemed [ inclined to clear .up on Tuesday A [ morning, the sun made its appearance for about four, hours; It commenced raining again about 10 p.m. Since" then there has been ono steady down- 1 I pour, Our roads and footpaths are ini a terrible state, I hear one of the enlvertß on the main road at Newman i bas given way,- The road- to Alfredton - is almost impassable, '■v: ; > :; v-': Eketahuna Debating Society. . At the weekly meeting of the above - on Tuesday evening the ; minutes of tbe previous meeting wero read and confirmed. An account ofiKlOs V was passed for payment, - Tbe debate \ 3 "Is it better to have loved and, , than not to have loved at all," was p t taken tip, Mr Cuming in opening . the debate in tho alternative said ) there are different kinds of Jove, the i love of money; of pleasure, of sexual 1 love, the love of parents, for . their obildren, tlie last,.the most beautiful. How pleasant it Was to Bee the love of parents for their children, and children for their parents. Mr Penny in the negative, made the quotation, ' "Love not, for the thing you Jove will die;" Love led people into, exoesses. Was there anything'we • loved, anythjng we .set 'our' heartß'' upon but would be lost ? He did not ' advocates life of selfishness'/ Take j the case, ho said of an old man or . woman sitting in their old age alone, all that they had loved.in this world lost to them. Did they think it .'.was • better to hiive loved 1 and lost! Mr B Oopping said ho did, not think-there ' was anyone in this life but had loved | something. It waß natural, to love, 1 All animals loved. 'The dosjs loved- - 1 one another—(at this point Several . dogs that had got into - the ' ante- room-, commenced ~. fighting,t [ the audience laughed—collapse of ' speaker.) Mr Dubois remarked that a man was h miserable being ufiless \ he loved something, for' his part he | had loved plenty of women and lost them, It did not seem to hurt hiin 1 much, he had adopted tho method 1 when he lost one love to take a hair » of the dog that bit him, that is to say, ' fall m love again, in faot he was ready to love all- women (seems to me this ' young man belongs to the sect of free lovers.) After a very able summing ! up by the Chairman, Mr Bryant,the show of bands was in favor, of the.' 1 affirmative by one voto.. The subject ■' : ; for debate next week is "Should tbe Franchise be extended lo women." ' The Society seems to. bo quite a success, there are • now -twenty-nine members on the roll, and several nominated for next meeting nightr ■ j There seems ,to be a slight tendenoy towards personality in debates, and I hope and trust tho President will , firmly suppress anything of tbe sort, ' and "nip it in the bud at once, Mr 1 President." If you. let. Arty jiaponngl 'or party bickerings creep now where will it stop} ; • ; In the Times of 22nd lays great stress on the faot that iivir town called Grey'mouth there is one • hotel to every hundred and' thirty of ■ population, He wants to know what Sir William '.and the temperanco ■ party are about. It is very evident the writer has' not been here, we , . could show him a Liensiffg bench of' " temperance meu only, who gi-ftnted • last licensing meeting two litlw licenses ■ and two renewals in "this'towt'to ■ a population of hundred.and twenty, five, So much for the temperanceparty, ;