WANGANUI.
(From our own correspondent.) February 21. Among the visitors to the bazaar held here recently were Rev. Fathers Tymons (Palmerston) and Cahill (Dannevirke). The latter was on his way to Rotorua. The Lenten rievotions began last Wednesday morning. There was a good attendance at the evening devotions. The St. Patrick's Day celebration will, I understand, take the form of a concert. Miss Kate Connell has booked the Opera House for her concert on March 1. She will be assisted by Miss Lorraine Tansley, and Mr Roland Boot. The proceedings at the bazaar during the week are Ret forth in the followirg report from the Herald : — Last evening the Imperial Bazaar was brought to a close. Considering the many calls that have been made on the public of late, the interest in the function has been well maintained, during the six days' run, and the Very Rev. Dean Kirk and the ladies and others who have worked so hard, should feel gratified at the results. The takings at the various stalls were as follows :— lndia, £80 ; Ireland, £69 ; England, £48 ; Canada, £40 ; Africa, £36 ; refreshments, £32 ; and produce, £11. To this is to be added the sum of £50 taken at the doors, or a total of about £400. The expenses will be something over £20. Last evening the goods unsold at the various stalls, were submitted
to auction by Mr. J. H. Keesing. Several ballots were drawn during the evening, for the principal prizes in the art unions. A lad named A. H. Taylor (No, 133 D) who is at present a patient in the hospital, had the good luck to secure the valuable and handsome hand-painted duchehs table ; Master E. Troy won the large oil painting, Mr. J. Cullinane a hand-painted mirror, and Messrs. Jefferson and Hean each wou a handsome worked chair. The surplus is to be devoted to reducing the debt on the church, which has but recently been enlarged and generally improved at a cost of something like £1600. The sacred edifice of St. Mary's is now one of the largest au.l piotiicoi, cliurchto ia Now Zuctl<*uJ, and is & lasting tribute to the energy and enterprise of the Very Rev. Dean Kiik, who L.ioiiuue t»u niu^li to luiulici the inLereelH of Ike Catholic Church in Wanganui, and who by his unfailing zeal, devotion to duty, and extreme courteousness to all, has endeared himself not only to the the congregation of St. Mary's, but to members of all denominations. (By telegraph.) The results of the Junior Civil Service examination are just to hand, and among the successful candidates are four pupils of the local Catholic schools, viz : — Master T. Noble- Beasley (who received his education at the Marist Brothers' School) and Misses J. and F. Whelan and M. Steadman (all of the Wanganui Convent). These young ladies were the only pupils sent up by the Sisters, who after their successes at the Matriculation examination have good reason to be pleased with their record this year at the public examinations.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 9, 28 February 1901, Page 6
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