ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1075, 14 March 1911, Page 5

ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION.

The St. Patrick's Day Celebration Cornmi ttco have, everything well in hand for a successful celebration of the day of Ireland's, patron saint, which falls on Friday next. The day celebrations will consist ■of a procession of tho Catholic military and educational cadets of tho oity and Petone, to the number of 400, and the Hibernian Society and Catholic Club (headed by the Wellington Garrison Bamd), from Boulcott Street to Newtown Park, where a programme of sports, etc., will be carried out, both for children end adults. The celebrations will conclude with a grand Irish National concent at the Town Hall, for which an excellent programme has been arranged. Mr. W. Farquhar Young, the well-known New Zealand basso, is being brought up specially ■ from Christchurch, whilst, the services- of Miss Agnes Sejjrief, A.T.C.L., L.A.8.,, Miss Teresa, M'Enroe, Messrs. Hickmott (vocalists), Parker, and Minifie (instrumentalists), and Mason (elocutionist) have been secured. For the first time in Wellington the grand organ, played by an Irish' organist, Mr. John Sidford (a pupil of the lato Sir Robert Stewart, Dublin), will peal forth Irfsh airs. The box plan, opened at the Dresden yesterday morning.