ST. MARY'S ORPHANGE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 947, 14 October 1910, Page 9

ST. MARY'S ORPHANGE.

; REMOVING' TO 1 'THE -;TJPPER~-H.TJTT. ; There, has ••been an; element of change i'nthe.'air-.for. some time past, with regard to several of the ; Roman' Catholic: institutions :in >.Wellington, consequent upon changes in the';- city • itself, -': Power., was recently obtained /to, dispose:; of the site of 'the • long-established' Marist Brothers' School in 'Boulcott, Street—in the centre of,,the; city—as ..plans; had ■ been prepared .for,.moving 'out; to•■■the;cehtre,-6f the'.residential areas, "which""have ' considerably changed since: the school; was established. ;Marist /Schools .are; now'in .course, .of 'at ■■ Tasman: Street, and ; Hawkestone v Street, and/as "soon/ as they- are, :ready.. the old school, will be abandoned' and thevland,sold.-''., -.-■■;• ■'

.-: The ; latest. v move'-concerns St.: Mary's Orphanage, a quarter of a century old institution,;'; whicKVisr-a';..'branch; of;/ St. Mary's Convent, in the'grouhds of which it/has .stood since.; its .institution—many ,years ;ago, : >in the present ; twb-story brick, premises, on.the Hawkest'one Street side of:-:the block. ..The', convent; 1 authorities, being rather cramped; for, room,: havo now decided: to utilise the present:-orphanage 'building'for::the pnrposofof a Girls' High School : in connection with 1 ; the convent, to ;be /conducted, by.; the,'talented. Sisters ■, ! , " .-..■' / •'...The' .orphanage is/to. lie established, in ;bright,;, healthy surroundingsr-"far from the madding crowd," in Dominion Avenue, near; the. station, 'at -the. Upper Hutt, where/a/substantial' brick edifice, is' now'beirig. erected : by Messrs. H. Davis -and Company (from plans prepared ,by: Mr.-. Swan)/at a. cost of abouS ■£6000.'' The inmates of the orphanage have already been drafted to the Upper Butt,, where they., are temporarily housed in a' couple of wooden buildings,'"the property ■'■ of Mr. H. C.Gibbons.. One of these .buildings is being used as' a.'doinir tory and..' refectory, and /the/other. as a schoolliouse: -In;the meantime, the' old orphanage building is being fitted up for High' School requirements.. There are about- fifty orphans at present at the Hutt, under the■ control" and guidance, of : a staff of Sislers of Mercy. ■.■•,:.".