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G.M.I. A.
Tlio .'.weekly, meeting of. the;; Geclong
Mutual Improvement Association;/; was
held in the Mechanics' Class Room last
evening.; Tho president, Mr. P. J.
Wood, presided over a largo attendance
of. mombors. The following, officers were
ejected for the next six months:—Pre
sident, Mr. P. J". Wood ;, vico-president,
Mr.-R. -Dawson; lion. secretary,'Mr; J.
Presland; assistant secretary and trea
surer, Mr. W. Wigloy; elocutionary
critic,;Mr. Goo. H. Brownliill; librarian,
Mr. -L. 'Hughes; auditors, Messrs.-. ■ L.
Viccars and S.-Worth; general conimit
too; Messrs. J. Robertson, J. Cotton,;B.
Cox, W. A. Smith and B. Raynor ; maga
zine editor, Mr. M: Gougli. Tho syllabus
item was "Australian Night," arranged
by. Mr. Geo. H. Brownliill; Mr. '.Daley,
contributed a, paper on "Australian
Literature," and a poem on "Tho' Pio
neers." Recitals were givon by Mr". S.;
Worth, "In tlio Droving DaysMr.;L:;
Hughes, "Heroes of Australia"; Mr. 'J.;
Robertson, "Salt Buslv Bill" ; ;Mr^ 'J.
Presland. "In tlio Coaching Days"; and;
Mr- H. ' J'j. Brownliill, '.'The Man .from
Ironbark." Mr. Goo. H. Brownliill con
tributed' an ' article on. '"Australian;
'Poets", and recited tho poem,'"A- Voieo
fromitho Bush." ,■
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