NEWS OF THE WEEK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 211, 20 April 1877, Page 12

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The Church of the Sacred Heart, at Tinker's Gully, was dedicated on Sunday last, by the Most Eev. the Bishop of the Diocese, assisted by the Eev. Fathers Walsh, Royer, Larkin, Kehoe, and Sheehan. High Mass -was celebrated on the occasion, being finely rendered by the choir of priests, and a sermon was preached by the Bishop. The»Bacrament of confirmation was also administered to

;hirty-two recipients ; hi* Lordship delivering afterwards a, suitable address. We understand that the church is quite clear of debt. Phe day was fine, and a congregation considered large for the locality were assembled. His Excellency the Governor is expected to arrive in Dunedin this morning. He comes by the Hinemoa, and will probably land it the Eattray-street wharf. An attempt was made to get up a political agitation so as to prevent any public recognition of the Governor s arrival; but, fortunately for the reputation of Dunedin,. bhe matter fell to the ground, and the City Council will present his, Excellency with an address of welcome. * The Very Eev. Monsignor Kirby, Eector of the Irish College at Rome, and one of the Pope's chamberlains, recently presented his Holiness with a supplementary sum of money on the part of the Latholics of Otago ; thus raising the Peter's Pence contributed by the Diocese of Dunedin to a considerable amount A mscoveby of gold has been made at West Taieri, in theneighbourhood of Outram, but nothing as yet has shown that would justify a rush. It seems by no means certain that Eussia will find in the Turks a, contemptible adversary, capable only of yielding an easy victoryj It is nob outside the range of possibilities that the combatants may be found pretty fairly matched, and the contest prolonged much beyond anything geni rally expected. For our own parb, while we have no sympathy whatever for the Turks, and not the least desire, apart from other considerations, that they should continue to reign at Constantinople, we shall see with alarm any successes that will serve to advance the power of Russia. One of the signs which we have marked of late that presage the success of Home Eule, is a spiritless article in a recent number of the Saturday JSeniew, in which the writer, while he makes an attempt at strongly condemning and ridiculing the measure, plainly betrays that he knows himself to be but the opponent of a cause surely gaining ground. When the biting " Eeviler" grows insipid, it may easily be foreseen that some good issua is about to become apparent. The very r-spec'able sum of £37 was netted at a c-moert recentlygiven at Hamilton East, in aid of the Catholic Church, which is nowbeing built there. Judging from the report of tho entertainment given in the Waxkato Times,vre should say the di->trict in question must contain a considerable amount of titlent. Several songs, readings, and instrumental performances were given in first-class style, and the appreciation of the audience, shown by a demand for encores, prolonged the affair until midnight We wou'd call tho attention of all persons holding tickets for the late arr union at Christchuivh to the list of winning numbers given in another column The concer's and exhibition, in aid of the Pope family, held this week in the Univer-ity Hall, Dunedin, were attended with much success ; the music was extremely good, au<i the works ot art collected well worthy of a visit. Amongst the most beautii'ul pict ires shown, we noticed certain of tho*e intended for prizes in the forthcoming art union, in aid of the Dominican Convent building fund. Of these latter, the three principal were hung betw< en the windows of tlie side j room, at the bottom of the hall to the left. The.v were those sent J from Rome — namely, G-uido Eemi's " Aurora," " An Italian Woman ! »nd Child/ ana "A Sybil." No doubt their beauty attracted many admirers for it is striking in the extreme, and could not be hidden even by the unfavorable p <siti<m in which the painting-" wo'-e placed. Tltey were, however, well situated for the purpose of ornamenting iho wall of the room, which, otherwise, would have had a rather bare apprarance. The Lady Superior of tho Dominican Convent also lent ] two exquisite tables of mosaic. I The n»tt. amount, received as the result of fie lecture delivered ! by the E.v. W. Kelly, S.J , iv aid of the Port Chalmers Church fund, I was £33 17s 6d.