Catholic Tea and Concert.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3186, 23 April 1889, Page 2

Catholic Tea and Concert.

'Easier.' Monday, 1889* should be a red-letter day to the memory ot the Rev. J. McEenna, as one iri which he made a most successful appeal to the settlers of Wairarajm; for 'financial support.; The Committee of St. Patriok'sCliurph finding it necessary y andhayjng decided, to enlarge the present Presbytery took advice amongst themselves as to tbo ways and means',- iiiid' finely decided to hold a tea and'eoncert, and to' give i such a bill-of fare to the public who attended tu?m.&stQ..m'Bke. everybody J satisfied, wjth whatever ofltla, jr they might, make, .The first; thing to consider was who would provide- the tea? ■That, however,■ was quickly ret at rest ae tEs ladwiof Maitorton,

irrespeotiveof sect, heartily took the matter up and the following ladies. Volunteered to supply 'a .table each, viz.,. Miss,Gleesouj and Mesdames Bawson, Riddiford, Mutrie, Hosting; MoMulien, Hourigan, McKillop, Carrick, and Chapman, and ' right well they carried out their promises. ;,";: ':■■; THE TBA.;' : . ": > ; Long before six o'olock, the time advertised for. opening, a crowd of people had assembled outside the Drill Shed, in readiness for admission. The gas star.in front of the building ; was lit up. and'illuminated the street ■ on each side for a great distance'. The faces of the eager throng were alive with pleasure, in apparent ' anticipation Of the good things they I were about to partake of. Punctu- , ally to the time notified, the folding

doors of the large hall were thrown open, and the public poured hi. It was with difficulty the money-takers could keep pace.with the demands for tickets. All the seats at the ten tables were speedily filled, and many sat down patiently to await their turn. The hall'was lighted from the ceiling with four large star fefleotors, and the first effeot on entering was dazzling. The walls'were covered with flags of all nations, the Irish harp being conspicuous in the centre at the back of the stage.'.The proscenium was lined with the grace-

ful nikau-palrn leaves, and a row of ( Chinese lanterns gave a very pictur- i esque appearance to the stage,. The ) tables were conveniently placed on ' each side of the room.. Pyramids of \ sandwiches,- sweets, and bread and , butter, interspered'witli jellies, bland : manges, and preserves decorated the: tables, but tliey, we're not allowed long to remain simply as ornaments. They were soon demolished, only to be replaced by fresh supplies handed round by ii number of bewitohing damsels and comely.matroris., There were pilesof rosy applesdndbandsomo bouquets of flowers, among the latter being choice collections of dahlias and chrysanthenums.. The. late arrivals were equally well sowed with the] first to sit down, and when all were well satisfied the tables we're cleared, and the surplus of the good things were distributed amongst a number of poor families.

THE CONCERT, of The seats wore soon' arranged for bi the concert estimated to accomodate V ( about 600 persons, but the number [,( who attended so greatly exceeded the tl estimate that it was found necessary tl to scour the town for 'the loan of chairs a! and forms. At half past seven o'clock ft there was only standing room. Seats 6 < were placed in the aisles and at every h convenient corner, and as quickly j ( occupied. Two or three -hundred r i stood out the entire concert, which t] commenced puuctuallyat eight o'clock J and lasted fully two hours.' The ti front row was occupied. by several n distinguished visitors, amongst whom h were His Grace Dr.. Redwood, Arch- a bishop of Wellington, Fathers Macna- & mara and Gbggin,Hon P,A. Buckley, 8 Mr Geo, Fisher, Judge Yon Stunner, j\ Colonel Kobarts, 8.M., the Mayor i of Masterton (Mr A. W. Eenall), aud 8 others from all parts of the Welling- „ ton provincial district. I An excellent programme was „ provided .and" carried through with j . marked success. The audience was , a most appreciative one, and ap- ( , plauded to the utmost oaoh song at , I its conclusion. Encores were , , frequently demanded, but the length , , of the programme precluded comj pliance with tho request,no matter , how vociferously urged. The pro- . ] gramme was divided into two. parts, r and at the conclusion ol the first, the , Rev. J. McKeuna ascended, the , platform and took the opportunity 1 during the interval to return thanks. He said, a speech from him was not " on the programme, but he would be neglecting his duty if he did not [ take the present opportunity to 3 publicly return his heartfelt 5 thanks to all those who had done so ( much at considerable cost and 2 trouble to themselves to make the tea 1 and concert such a grand .success. g : He was, grateful for the presence of 5 so many distinguished visitors; to 1 the ladies and gentlemen for their 0 beautiful singing and exquisite 5 rendering of-the various pieces, and to the press for the liberal support g and publicity given to the movement since it was first mooted. It was 1 evident by the large attendance that q the public- had put faith in the q favorable- reports in the papers, 4 on the present occasion and they 2 were now in a position to acknowq ledge whether the programme was 0 up to their anticipations. (Cheers.) 7 He would ask them to keep in mind 2 the way in which the programme j had been carried out, and he would g promise a repetition on some future 0 occasion. Whilst returning thanks 3 to all who had taken an active part in 0 providing the good things for their 0 entertainment, he must nut forget to g express his appreciation of the public _ Bupport which had attended the enter,l prise, as evidenced by tho grand gathering there that evening. . j At the conclusion of his remarks q the speaker was met with a round of g applause.. ........ 0 The following is. the programme q as rendered: Overture, "Figaro," iq Hen von Keisenberg's band; part Jq song, "It's not' always May," by 'q Misses McClean, Fisher, M. and N. 0 Cimino, and Messrs Putnam, C6lo--0 man, and "Bunny"; "The Irish Emigrant," by Miss McClean; "The 0 Bugler,", by Mr Bray; ." Ora .Pro 6 Nobis," Miss Fisher; trio, "Mem- _ ory," Misses McClean,' M. and. N. r , Cimino; "When the heart is young," Miss Lowes; Flutesolo.MrPutnam; ! vTellmeMary'howto woo them," !g Mr M. 0. Kowe; Pianoforte solo, '7 Miss Kelly; "The song and the q singer," Miss M.'Cimino; "The 0 Warrior Bold," Mr Black; duet, J "A.8.0.," Miss Gallaher and : Mr 0 Duff; "The old and young Marie," 1 Mr Coleman; "Cherry, Bipp," Miss n McClean; ''The meeting of the \ waters," Mr J. H. Bowe; "Fiddle o and I," Miss Gallagher; "I must 0 away," flliss Fisher, with hi) 0 obh'gato by Mr Putnam; "Kathleen 4 Mavourneen," Mr M. C. Bowe; "I q haven't for a long time now" (ooraic q song on local events)! Mr Duff; "Mariar! Come, in," comio recita--7« tion, Mr Puff, •'•/•'

Impudent Jewelry Kobbeneß. Two. jflwelry robberies were committed in Melbourne last week which wero remarkable forth 1 ) coolness with wliioh they were carried put; In the afternoon a respectably dressed young mail entered the shop of Mr Jeremiah Wilson, carrying on business as a jeweller 'hi'-' 103; Gertrude street, Fitzroyi and asked to be shown some diamond rings. A tray was set before him, ftom.wliicb he selected the three most valuable and placing : tbern on bis finger went:towards, the door, stating that he desired to show them to a friend.rwho was waiting. As soon 1 as he tgaclied,the-.dobr he :sm\ bflf hurriedly, and 1 before tie-jewelier had time to raise the alarm the thief -had disappeared.:: Impudent'as. this was, it was isstiaerl to botsolif^dby

another robbery perpetrated by.the v- v same person. .Soon; after ''seven' ■■; o'clock a nian..eMered Messra WenzelJ r.; and Knea's" stiop in Bourke street east v and' asked to besbownyvaluable.-;'.;; diamond ring which was in' the window,; - :ibo "ringproduced, but the price was to. He: wanted something good;; but not too expensive, as s 30 lie Baid, M to" "piakaa to his papa." Mr Wenzelj \vbo was; in • r ; ; charge iof ;the. sljop' at ; the time, ■' brought oat a email tray ..containing ' seventeen diamond rings so that bia V customer might" have every oppprtu-;, nity to exercise his. as the tray waS'placed^^hejic.outi-; ter,'tbo man'snatcbed it o 'up"and disappeared rapidly from the shop. Mr Wenzel raised the alarm at once| , :; and rushed:from behind the-counter : i to' pursue 'the. man,.- but when -be i reached tL<j street all trace of him j .' was gone. The value' of the Btolen "-} i ripgs is L7OO.

Lecture at Greasbro.' (From the ■Rotherham Advertiser, .■' : '.- v , 2nd March, 1889,) '' •' ; On Monday evening last, at the request-of a number oE theinhabU ■•■' tants of the parish/Miss Beard, sister • ' * of the Vicar of Greashrq', gave a Mj|fh interesting account of her visit to olony of New Zealand, and as the '■ ■■ lotos were illustrated by sixty-soven ''■■"■•' nagio; lantern views, kindly worked. -;' jy Messrs Josephund JohnO/Gillj. •■ y; ■■;);.■' a verv instructive'"\ • / ivening -was, enjoyed by the largo ; '•:■'■?■'■'■'. ludience assembled, The following--were the chief scenes represented; ;y ~ ind as each of the places depicted had / : . been visited by Miss Beard during'-■ •,.'-■'■ herlivo years sojourn in North. Island,' ■.-.■ it may interest many of our readdrs : ; ' to know: something'; of the island' ; which is bur antipodes, •■ the capital, on a splendid harbour, 1 is the chief landing place, a well-built • .■'.'■■;' town, but. hio'st of the' houses being of wood owing to the frequency of tjm earthquakes. The pink and- white terraces,-the wonders of.the.wbrldj wore clearly shown the water at Ihe 1 V top of the terrace being at boiling heat and .gradually-;cooling as it ''. I descends.' Severalviews were shown ; Auckland province, tho land of ish and swamp presenting such a iriety of scenery as cannot be issed in any part of the world; ,o native tree Jem twenty or lirty feet high, and tho Nikau palm, . id cabbago tree. Groups ol the [aoris were shown, they being decided as the finest race of;savageß_ j, 1 the world. These pictures were iteresting owing to their recent sing against the English under mir chief, To Kouti. Parihaka.'tho laori capital, was exhibited, a c'ollecon of liuts of very peculiar shape, lostly built on piles," The boiling . ike and mud volcanoes of Ohinemutu, 9 well as the hot springs at Te roha end Waiwera were, fully de:ribed, Pictures of. wood carving one by the natives were next shown, lews •of the Rbiitaka . railway, imilar to tho Rigi in Switzerland, nd the gold 1 miuo district in Auokind Province, near Haiiraki Gulf, ■ re places visited by all tourists. Several views of the town. and ...- leighbourhood of Masterlon, 'earihTSfc juake shocks being of ftvquont/. iccnrronce and little headed ;hy tfa|L- ; ;olouisls. White Island coiiiposfir •ntirely of sulphur, is situated in the Bay of Plenty, no living creature being able'to exigl'there owing to the' sulphur fumes, The time at lington is 11 hours 89 minutes in ' ldvauce of our English tiiiie, so' that- * hen our children are going to lied the New Zealand boys are getting their breakfasts' on the following morning. The colonists are proverbiully noted for their great kindness to visitors, Miss Beard receiving the greatest kindness with all whomshe came'in contact. Tho uhief occupation of the natives is weaving the native flax; the value of a good sheep being five shillings, The area of tho three islands-is 100,000 square miles, and the population about half . a. million, including about 40,000' natives; but the natives aro gradually diminishing in numbers, During' the evening selections of music were given under the direction of Mr I. Waibuiton, organist of St Mary's Church. Tho proceeds were devoted to tlio'School Fund. A New Zealander in Ilelbourfltt Tho following is taken from a received by a gentleman in Christ, church from a'young man who recently left there for Melbourne: "You will think it very ungrateful of me not to have written to you before this; but times have not been very bright with us. father, though better, has been out. of work some considerable time, but hi has taken a place at the bus stable recently, The highest wages ho has received since... . he has been in Victoria is 35si You ' will think this rather strange, as there appeared so much work over here, Yes, thurn is plentyof work, but there were also plenty - of mon to do it. For instance, a -caretaker was wanted for tho Town Hall, man not to be over thirty-five years, married, and to have bis life insured for £l7O, when no leas than 199 applied for it. And so every place is the same, A man over thirty-live years of age cannot get employment unless he is a tradesman. I was in work while • father was -out, but then just as he got work, things got sA very slack here .that my main) was unalilo to keep me. So we have been from hand to mouth as the: Bayi.ig is, aver fiinco we left New Zealand; House rent is so high, with other things, that really : it;is hard to get .... ulong at all. I have been out of four weeks, during which time Mr*' M—V sou has ; been very kind to Vme, trying to get me into the Mutual Stores. I continued calling about three weeks to seo if there was an opening, when Mr K-—, at thfLend of the time, told me they were even then thinking about putting some of their hands off, not having enough, business to keep them employed, Since then I have taken a place as traveller for a.. jewellery firm, at which I 'am getting '• 15s per week and 10 per cent.com--1 mission, which is better than'tiothing. It is my intention to goto the working Men's College until Christmas, and then return to New Zealand,"" The New Zealand .boats are as crowded now from here bb they lire from New Zealand lastyear/ 1 '; PV'

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