CARDINAL MORAN IN MASTERTON

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2229, 25 February 1886, Page 2

CARDINAL MORAN IN MASTERTON

Hia Eminence Cardinal Moran attended by Bishop Murray of Maitland, Bishop Reynolds of Adelaide, Bishop Moran of Dunedm, Bishop Redwood of Wellington, anc Dr O'Hara Private Secretary, arrived in Masterton yesterday by tile midday train, en route to Napier via the Forty Mile Bush, Notwithstanding the very short notice received, the Rev. Father Treacy made every preparation to hjs flffi M jif ii '0 that tlieii: rank warranted. After acknqw ledging the salutations from a npiiier of enthusiasts who assembled 4 the raihvuy station, his Eminenop and party were driven in a oaach and four to the Catholic Presbytery, where a number of Catholics and members of other denominations had assembled to accord them a welcome, tho bell of St. Patrick's ringing out its mode of rejoicing on the visit of the high dignitaries of the Church. The interior of the jwed edifice was next visited, where, lifer si) tyqk pjacq By the party, they expressing tlieqaeiyea greatly pleaseij with the lyhqjo arrangements of t])e Olinrcl)., Tl]e children attending tl|o Oathalio day sohooj, numbering between 80 and 90, were ranged on each side of the path loading from tho ohuroh to tho parsonage, and on tho approach of his Eminence and party, knelt and received his blessing. On rising from their knees the lfttle ones were individually addressed in a kind manner by his Eminence, the other members of if}® folding wit in a way that pi.it fhe children eijsje ji| fljg Mqaiinge W 3i|ch ai) august assembly. adiqqiiiWent was made to the schqqlrqqit), when $ kvip ra sung by the scholars, after which his Eminence put it to the vote whethor they should have a day's holiday in oommemoration of his visit, and it is needless to say it was carried by acclamation. After lunch, which had been prepared Father Treacy's residence, the party paid a visit to the autumn show of the Masterton Horticultural Society, the pnmllfi); aijtj guilty of exhibits in all ijlM|M jieing np't'ioeable, ijnd drawing'forth mVifi ! or then! admjAjiio'n. Hp Eminence, accompanied by the Bjshops qf Adelaide,'Maltlaiifj! and' DunSHfc M SF WSi ffl'nbeded by spec'ja] coach (leayjijg ajjqfjt 2,30) tfj Wwvilje, wjiere'a ghorf stay >yill njaije, and'tlie jpHW'ey party will bo sHginonted by Bi#p i-wif of Auckland, and other dignitaries of the Church,