DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 46, 16 November 1899, Page 6

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH.

(From our own correspondent.) November 13. His Lordship the Bishop spent last week in town and left on Saturday for Little River, where, on Sunday last, there were' First Communion, Confirmation, and opening of the mission. The Very Rev. Dean Hoyne, V.G., of Ballarat, and Rev. Father Kelsh, of Tasmania, were the guests of the Very Rev. Father Le Menant des Chesnais, V.G., at the presbytery, Barbadoes street, over Sunday last. The Rev. Father Kelsh celebrated the 9.30 a.m. Mass at the Pro- Cathedral, and in the afternoon both visitors were driven to Mount Magdala. Valuable aid was given the Pro-Cathedral choir at High Mass on Sunday last by Mr. Walter Kirby, who took part in Gounod's • Troisieme Solennelle,' and at the Offertory he sang Packer's ' Aye Maria.' The music of the Mass was exceptionally well given. Mr. H. H. Loughnan conducted, and Miss Funston presided at the organ. Mr. Kirby is announced to give a concert during the week in the Choral Hall. I notice in the interim report "of Mr. Myles Birket Foster, examiner in music of Trinity College, London, that in the practical local examinations (students' certificates) Miss K. Picken, of the Sacred Heart High School (Sisters of the Mission), passed with honours for pianoforte (intermediate division), and Master E. J. Brownie (a pupil of the Sisters of Mercy, Lyttelton), violin (junior division) also with honours. Carnival week, as usual, attracted visitors from every part of the Colony to such an extent that the city has on no similar occasion appeared so crowded. This was particularly noticeable on Friday last, the 'peoples day' of the Agricultural Show, when it is estimated that over forty thousand persons were present. The weather throughout the week was all that could be desired, and, save one or two at the races, there was a marked immunity from serious accidents. Even this year's carnival, successful in every respect as it has been, is likely to be eclipsed next year, when it is to be combined with the provincial jubilee celebrations.