I.O.G.T. ENTERTAINMENT. HAMILTON.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 611, 20 April 1876, Page 2

1.0. G.T. ENTERTAINMENT. HAMILTON.

THKentert»iniwntgi?en on Tu*td»j night in celebration of the»nnir«mryofth«Mt«mUhmtnt of •Good Teaplary in tb« Waikato wu on* of the <moit »ucoenful w-anioni of tht kind it hu er«r beenourgoodfortunttowitnm. The oommittte, in tho Uo» of nuny ob»Uolti, worked hard *nd

tzoklouiljt and &• Lisas axo mzommux. attiksaito On Taeidoy evening ihowed tbtir »nde»TOuri to »mue» war* fully -appreciated, not onlj fey mtmben of (he Order, but bj outaiders of ererj grade of the community. It had been announced that the f ardeo in front of the Scrraoka would be

UMflflffATß) WITH OKIinMI WKTIRKB, But on account «f the heary wind ' blowing during the •fternoon and ereninf , it wu found impracticable to keep then alight, and 10 they , were hung with auoh tMt« in th» o«ntr« of the l»rg« room in th« fiamilton "Barraoki, whfrt th» affair oame off. Th« walli-and cailiogs wer» ' SIOKID WITX NiOWlßt AMD ITUaB»N«, And tuipendtd in th« ontr* of th» room w»r» tht lantern* referred to. Immtdiatelj OTer the , itage waa a neatly executed transparency, bear* ing in the oeatre, in tariooi colon, the »ppronnato imoription

DO BIGHT | AID S £ ISAB NOT. 9 i 8 -•- S

I WELCOME. Th» Wm annouioed to oommtnot at 6£Q, but loqg before that tim* ,th» wbdl* of tho taati mere filled, and many h»4 to watt till the toore fortunate ouei had finished before bting abl» to prooure » Mat at tho table*. There were in all

TWXLTX TABU*, Presided or«r by the following ladiei : — Mias«s Jonei (2), Mum Knot (2), MiiMi Hinton, Boffej, Hankini, Daril, Adamson, Stewart, Theobald, tnd'Peuton. Mr Tmwheellar wu the caterer, and prored himielf to b» equal to the oooaiion — indeed, we bara uorer met outude a large town, where, 6i court*, trerj appliance and material is to hand, 10 skilful a confeotioner and thorough a provider u Mr Trewheellar, and the oakea fully deierrad the high onconiumi which were btatowediipoa them by the wortlbj ohairm»a. Indeed, to hare tinted Mr» Trewheellar't mince-meat piei ii an e«nt not to b* lightly thought of nor forgotten. The tablet w«re

M-BNTIirULIT SUmilKB With all tbe comeitiblei customary on tuoh oooaiioni. Th» tea, bow«r«r, «u not tueh m is gsatrallj provided i it vu tomathiag btttter th»n tbe uiuftl tea bewitohtd and water begrudgtd. Altog*th»r, tb« tea ntMting wh •

I THOBOUGH BUCOJM, I led ▼• us «oho Kir Qrii Hotimiiti whm b«

mil, it 11«1 1« IVmjjlir* g^e another t>ueh turn on., 9 thou'd like to be invited. It was eight o'clock before »U had boen served and the table* renored, when tho

CONOKBT COMMtNOID. Alfred Cox, Esq, M. H ft, presided orer this porbion of th« entertainment, whioh ho opened with * few appropriate remarks. He »*id be wai not i Good Templar himielf, but ho sympathisei »ith the came. There were good men and women onnected with the Ordar in Hamilton, and they tai efifeeted much good ; but they mint bear in mm.d that ,the a»mo ezuted outiidi, and al lough mtny of theie would perh»pi nerer j » come nrnib^ri, thty heartilt sjmpathissd vrith the good eauie. He couoluded by wiihing them

god's spied. We have not been fur uhed with * pro>;ranmn, aadj as ure do not know the whole of Miose who took part in it, we can only speak in general term*. W» o*n atsuredl/ saj thia, that m every pirticular it w«i well conducted, end a most genaiae success.

THE OHOBUBI3 Were txcallently rendered. The tamo nliom*f b ) iftid of the glees, tnoi, toloa, »nd kccuuipauimentt. We havn said we would onlj deal in j»neralti«p, but it would be scaro-ly f»ir to those who came

LONG DI3TAWOES TO ASSIST >n the oocasion to pass thrra over in •iWce. We allude to Mr and Mrs fiLYlntath, who c<ime trom Cambridge to giro thtir bwistance ; and VlriBDL Duffu* and Miss Allan, from Alexmdra. Mr Mclntoah conducted the vocal pirt y( the programme, and porforawi % b«»utiful ,-larioaette aolu, for wliieh he received deafening >pplaus» ; while the three ladiei named greatly *dded to the enjoyment of the evening with iolo», rios, pianoforte uccomuanimentt, by t^eir valuable uiiitanoe in the ckoruwi. Notwithstanding zhe long dutanct»« they had trd»*lled they ware iti excellent voico, aud

DBStEVK THI BKIT THANKS )f the Committee for their p-eseoc*. The «nter fcainment wm brought to » terminatioa by*llpre■sat Mnginj tb« Nation«J Anthem.

▲ votb or thanks Wat then aocordfld tho Chairman, another to Vlajor Clare for-the u»o of tbe room, and a third so the .performer*. Wo belief*

A. DAKOI >Wai •übiequentlj held, but not connected in my w»y with the Teinplan. We had aim nt forgotten to mentun tlmt Sir A.. Oox kindlj <ent si a preient a larg* bug of watermelon! *hicb ware di»trtbat«d •mong the audio act), and jutea with great rolnli.