LECTURE ON GENERAL GORDON.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2049, 25 August 1885, Page 2

LECTURE ON GENERAL GORDON.

Thk TCeu X H. (iullnei, M.A., de Iheied .1 leetuie on the life of General Gordon .\t tho Cambudge Public Hall, on Friday night. Tlio loom wnsciowded with people fioin nil part* of the distnct, m my hawng ciimo a \eiy longdistance to hear the life of the gall mt soldier, narrated by a lecturer of Mr Orallm-i's well-Known ability. The chair wax occupied by the Veueiable Aichdeacon Willis, who in .1 few brief rem.uks mti >duccd the l.ctini'i. Mr (iiillnei on coining foi ward w.i-- leceivi'd with loud applause. He pmcoi'di'd with the subject of hi-> lecture, dis|H>nMi)£ with tin- usual apologetic nitioduction, and for o\ci an lunn and a half held the attention of his audience. He £a\o the most lnN'iestin^ uicidi-nts in the life of th • soldiei, his success in (Jluna, th hmidan, mm I otlu'i places. He .ilao t« ren • d to ( reiiei.il Uoidoii's pmate life, lu.s jjif.ii cu.uities, ami Chiislian fortitude. The leeturei wis tiecjucntly apphiuiled at inteivals, ,uiu icsiuu. <1 his seat amidst .ippl ui-e. 'i'hc following were lendeipd dining tne evening:— "The L'»st Chord," Mr If. W. Mo.. re; duet, "JJnifT out, Wild Hells" U.sse* Helby aiuiS index; s..njr, " Homo They Brought hei Waiuor Dead," Mis Hnwlev ; hong, " Considei the Lillies," YLi Mooie. The pioceeds' weie m aid of tin- Suuuay-Hcliool funds, and about t'l2 w.is re-ili--ed.