NEWS OF THE WEEK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 184, 6 October 1876, Page 11

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The Most Rev. the Lord Bishop of Dunedin will be present at rokomairiro on Sunday next. A rehearsal of the music to be performed al the opening of the new organ gallery in St. Joseph's Church, Dunedin, was held on Sunday last. There was a very full attendance, as, besides the ordinary choir attached to th« church, many vocalists belonging to other denominations have kiudly given their services. Mr. Charles Sykes presided at the organ, and was most painstaking in exercising the singers in the different parts of the vocal scores. From the manner in which the various items were gone through with, it is augured that the performance will be a brilliant success, and, as many years will probably elapse before anything of the kind is again attempted here, no lover of music should miss the opportunity to be thus afforded him. The next rehearsal will take place at the residence of Mr. Sykes, on Sunday next. As the organ at St. Joseph's Church, Dunedin, will not be available for use on Sunday next, the choir purpose to visit Port Chalmers, where a Missa Cantata will be celebrated. The vocalists, who will be under the direction of their talented conductor, Mr. Chas. Sykes, will be reinforced by the presence of some extra, members of their company. Weber's Mass in G will be performed. I Clifford's Mirror of the World, at the Temperance Hall, I affords an opportunity of passing a pleasant and instructive evening. The views exhibited are both curious and beautiful, and Avell worthy of a visit. Extensive improvements have been completed in Krull's Family Hotel, George-street. Excellent accommodation may now be found here, and as the situation is central the establishment will be found in every respect agreeable and convenient. We beg to draw the attention of our subscribers to the advertisement of P. X M'Caughan, Esq., oi Wantwood Station, Southland, which will be found in another column. We recommend to the particular attention of our readers the letter of our Wellington correspondent, which contains a full account of the death of the late Very Key. Father Petit-Jean, together with a report of the oration delivered at his funeral by the Most Eev. the Lord Bishop of Wellington. It will be seen from this letter that our announcement, last week, of the venerable Missionary's decease was slightly inexact, in consequence of our informaton having been derived from telegrams, as we had not then had time to receive written particulars regarding the melancholy event. Mr. O. Cummins has kindly undertaken to receive subscriptions, in the districts visited by him, towards the erection of the Conventual Buildings about to be commeuced in Dunedin. It is intended to make these buildings a permanent construction, and such as will serve thoroughly to carry out the object for which they are taken in hand. For the completion of the first wing, all that it is contemplated at present to undertake, a sum of £1,000 will be necessary, and measures have already been inaugurated for the purpose of raising the amount , required. It is, however, hoped that the province of Otago will generally help in the good work, for it must be remembered that the Dominican Convent at Dunedin has been established — not alone for the benefit of the city in which it is located — but for the advantage aa well of the whole diocese. The Kumara rush continues to grow in strength and hopefulness. From all parts of New Zealand people are making their way to the new El Dorado, and the Australian ports aie, it is said, thronged with men awaiting the means of transit, in order to proceed there. Although the discovery of the gold-field in question must cause a temporary depression in many localities, we cannot but hope it may turn out all.

that it is expected to prove, &vnce, in that case, the good effect upon the colony in general must ultimately be very considerable. \Ve have received from the Government Printer several numbers of Hnn9ard, ending with, that dated September 22. The Union Steamship Co. have issued their time table for October. It is got up very neatly, and contains a useful sketch map of New Zealand. In our last issue, the name of the Company's s.s. Waitaki was by mistake given as the Waaaka. Me. Dampiee, who has attained to a high reputation as a tragedian, will make his first appearance at the Princess Theatre on Saturday evening next. His representation of Hamlet is spoken of as rery fine, and it is in this character that he has chosen to make his debut on the Dunedin stage. Ox Sunday last, the feast of the most holy Rosary, which is especially observed by the members of the Dominican Order, an interesting ceremony took place in the School-room attached to the Convent iii Dowling-street, Dunedin. Several children, who are attendants at the Nuns' schools, were received into the sodality of the Holy Childhood and into that of the Holy Angels, and many of them were invested with the blue scapular of the Immaculate Conception, and the brown of Mount Carmel. The school room had been erected into an oratory, and, while fifteen children of the Holy Childhood stood by holding each a banner representing a mystery of the most holy Rosary, his Lordship the Bishop of the Diocese recited the great prayer taught by St. Dominic, and on its conclusion delivered an address, inculcating devotion to the Blessed Virgin, and explaining the obligations of the various associations, and more particularly the necessity of never laying aside the scapular. A. number of members were also enrolled in the confraternity of the Dominican Rosary. ScnooLS have been erected for the Christian Brothers in Brisbane at a cost of £4,000.