Mr Br.ouciiiTON (St. Albans) was called upon to speak by the chairman, and said that it was a great pleasure to him to visit this beautiful capital of Southern New Zealand, and to see the beautiful buildings and churches, even though every man aud woman he happened to meet was a Scotch man.—(Great laughter.) He said he wished to spenk a word to the dear young ladies who wero present—(Laughter.) In his garden he had a beautiful lily ..hich was so weighted down that he sought out a stick—the most shapely one he could find—to hold it up, so that its beauty might be seen. Now, tbere were some queer sticks m this world-(laughter)-and some very crooked ones. There was, he was sorry to say, some of these human sticks who not only puffed their cigars, but imbibed of that which stole away their brains and all their man liness. **c warned his lady friends not to get tied to _uch a stick as that,—(More laughter.) He concluded with a warm exhortation on be half ot the crusade against strong drink. Ihe Rev. T. J. Wallis, of Christchurch, was the nest speaker. H e urged the necessity tor bringing up the rising generation to be sober and righteous.
rhe Chairman mentioned that the three ministerial speakers that evening were repre sentatives of Young New Zealaud. He also complimented the choir on the great improve ment, which he imagined must have been brought about by the Rev. Mr Parsonson.
—No one knows the weight of another's burden.—Danish Proverb.
