DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 46, 16 November 1899, Page 19

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

The Very Rev. Father Brown, S.J., will open a retreat in St. Patrick's Basilica, Oamaru, on Sunday next. ' The retreat for the men of St. Joseph's Cathedral parish, conducted by the Very Rev. Father Brown, S.J , was brought to a olose on Sunday evening at Vespers. Mr. Donlan of Lawrence, who left a few months ago for a trip to the Home oountries, returned last week, reaching Dunedin on Thursday. Mr. Donlan looks remarkably well after his travels, and we understand he thoroughly enjoyed his too short stay in Ireland. During the course of his travelling in the land of his birth he met the Very Rev. Dean O'Leary, who had at the time completed an extensive bicycle tour along the West Coast of Ireland. Mr. Donlan reports as having benefited very much by his trip and his sojourn in Ireland. The Jin de siiele carnival, in aid of the Catholic church funds, was opened at Port Chalmers on last evening. There was a very large attendance, and the enthusiasm and business-like manner in which the stallholders began to dispose of their wares augured well for the success of the undertaking. The building was very nicely decorated, and when the carnival was in full swing the toene was an animated and pretty one. The stalls were loaded With goods of all kinds, some useful, some artistic, and all of a superior class. The proceedings will not consist entirely of business, is on each evening during the continuance of the carnival a special programme of entertainment will be presented. Among the attractions for this week will be a performance by the distinguished violinist, Signor Squarise, of Dunedin, with piano accompaniment by Misß Moloney. This will be the Signor's first performance in Port Chalmers and will, undoubtedly, prove a great attraction to the frequenters of the bazaar. A full account of the carnival will appear in our next issne.