MAUKU

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 18, 2 May 1907, Page 24

MAUKU

(From our travelling correspondent.) The Mauku Public Hall was recently packed by an exceedingly enthusiastic audience, who assembled to hear t-he lecture to be doli-ered by the Very Rev. Dean TlaoleeU, of Paeroa. The gifted lecturer was introduced by Mr. Firolay i chairman), and lectairocl on ' Irish Wit and Humor.' After a very able ami instructive definition of the terms wit and humor, the Dean proceeded, to entertain his hearers, and if the laughter which echoed through the building was to be taken as a criterion, then he was eminently successful. Prom the very first story related ris<ht to the conclusion the lecturer, by his gifted eloquence and charm of manner, together with his thorough knowledge of the customs of those whose lives he was pourtraying, carried his audience with him ; in fact, they fairly revelled in the feast of wholesome and intellectual amusement he proudod for them. His concluding references to the'great virtue of Irish womanhood, and the hope that soon again would the dear old Isle have the mtinagemiemt of its own affairs, fairly captured his hearers, and they marked their appreciation by vociferous applause. The Rev. Father MacMillan moved a 'hearty vote of thanks to Dean Hackett for <his oourtes-v and kindness ♦in coming that distance to deliver his lecture, and expressed the wish that the Dean would see his way to repeat it at no distant date. The Dean replied in brief and ha^'py terms. During; the evening items were rendered as follows : Songs by Mrs. Buchanan and Mr. Flavell ; piano solo, Mrs. Drake ; and recitations by .1. Mori-arty ("Tablet' representative). A vote of thanks to the chair was carried by acclamation.

At the Waiuku Hall on the following evening Dean Hackett repeated his address to another large and appreciative audience. Mr. J. Mulloy was in the ©hair. During the evening various items were contributed by Misses Mulloy, WatMns, and McGovern, and Messrs. Flavell, Watkins, Ingram, and J. Moriarty, The usual votes of thanjks closed the "proceedings.