DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 11, 14 March 1901, Page 20

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

A retreat for the students of Holy Cross College is being conducted this week by the Very Rev. Father Boyle, CM. The foundation stone of the new Dominican Convent, at Milton, will be solemnly laid on Sunday (St. Patriok's Day) by the Right Rev. Dr. Verdon. Mies Margaret Brennan. a pupil of the Dominican Convent, Queenstown, has been successful in obtaining an ' E ' certificate at the recent teachers' examinations. His Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Verdon arrived in Queenstown on Friday week, and administered the Sacrament of Confirmation on the following Sunday in the Church of bt. Mary of the Lake, in Arrowtown on Tuesday of last week, and in Cardrona on Thursday. The following are the results of the practical examinations in music held at St. Dominick's College by the examiner of Trinity College, London ■ — Senior Grade • Honors, Eileen Ward, U4 marks (recommended by the examiner for the higher examinations A.T.C.L.) ; Minnie Paton, honors, 87 ; Alice A. M. Moon, honors, 85 (also recommended by the examiner for the higher examinations A.T.C.L.) ; Katie Hannon. pas*. 7.j. Intermediate Grade : Nonui Joyce, honors. SO. Junior Gride • Freda Clarke, p.tt-t*. 7S ; C. M"Leod, pass. i\~>. Preparatory Grade Myrtle Morrison, p;i~s 71. It is many years since the committee responsible for the national concert in connection with the festival of Ireland's patron saint have had the good fortune of securing the services of so many leading vocalists as they have on the present occasion, and consequently everything points to a first-class entertainment in the Garrison Hall on to-morrow evening. The programme is all that the most exacting admirer of Irinh mu«ic could desire, and, taking into account the reputation ot the performers, as i L will be interpreted in a manner which will l^ave little t.) be desired, the attendance fehould be a record one. The. object for whi<"h the concert ia to be given is two-foM — to celebrate the yreat liNh rational festival in a befitting manner, and to a^ii-t the funds of St. Jonnph's Hall, a building which has, since its opening, proved an incalculable boon to the Catholics of Dunedin. Among the performers will ho Misses Rose Blaney, Con«tanc a Pea-son, Winnie M'Curmack, Mr*. J. Woods, Messrs. Jago, E Bush, T. J. llu*-bey, P. Carohn, W. Shephard, R Phillips, E. Eagar. J. A. O'Brien, T. Anthony, A. Valhs, and Herr Zimmermann,