PUKERIMU.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2997, 29 September 1891, Page 2

PUKERIMU.

\ Lkgtuhe ox liuux 1 -.—Mr Robert Dick, «.f Otahnhn cue a very interestinc; lecture on Burns, in the school-in.mi on -Monday ovenins; tho 21st inst. Mr •Inhii Fisher introduced the lecturer, and stated the funds accruing from tlio cnturtaisimunt would bu dev.jtod to p.iyin™ "!r thrj ilobt upon tliu church hurni'iiiiiiin. Many, indeed nearly all, thought them was not any debt owitij; upon tlio instrument, and it was only by a side wind that the matter was brought tu light, but it turned out that otiu gontlumuu ha'l quietly paid the money and had said ii'ithiiitf niDi'o abiiut it. With the proceeds of the lecture tln'y purposed rethis frinnd tliu in<>nov ho had -■ii willingly advanced. Mr Dick handled his .subject in a masterly m.iniicr, and not one nf hia hearers could for a moment doubt but that ho (Mr Dick) is an ardent admirer of the immurtal Burn.-, ; nevertheless he did not hesitate to refer tu the bard's vices as well as his virtues. The lecture was interlarded with some of tho poet's finest effusions, several being givoti by tliß lecturer and others by Mr liobt, Watson, who it is needless to say, was equal to the occasion. Mrs George Booth, Mr John Wallace (of Otahuhu) and Mr U. Ciicket s-ang several Scotch wings; tho Misses J. Anderson and J. Scott gave aScotch pianoforte duet; and Miss Sturfjoss plaved Scotch accompaniments, all taking thiiir icwiJfi.'tivi) parts well. At the con-i;lii-iiiii ■■< bearty voto of thanks was ac(•■n'dpd Mr Dick and thun tha room was clo vp"l for d'uiuing winch wis kept up till 3 ■ in. Mr D'ck hid evideutly arousi-d the hlniKJ of Ins ciiuntiymen for when the HieliUnd sohnttische was started several stHid iiH Scotchmen " took the floor" and "knocked spots" off some of the junior.-'. Our correspondent had a bit of a lwi*t in his toiii»nn that night and almost began to Irtiicy h« c tine from the land o' cakes ; but whf'ii it cuiie to writing about it ho saw ho KhoulJ be euchered if lm took it up, so ho discreetly turned it down and passed. Wo need hardly refer to the supper that was provided by the tadie-, suftica it to suy it w.-t-i fully up to t!io I'ukeriinu standard, vi-z , Al.