ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 18, 1 May 1902, Page 5

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON.

(From our own correspondent.) April 26. The lady stallholders of the Irish stall entertained their assistants at afternoon tea at Godber's rooms on Wednesday, A very pleasant time was spent. On Tuesday evening the members of the chorus, who took part in the production of the operas during the bazaar, presented their conductor, Mr. W. McLauchlin, with an ebony silver mounted baton as a mark of esteem. Mr. Nolan made the presentation. Mr. McLauchlin used the baton at the opera house on Wednesday and Thursday evenings when the operas were again produced. Very Rev. Dean McKenna, of Masterton, spent the greater part of last week in Eketahuna attending to parochial - work. He celebrated Mass there on Sunday when Rev. Father Cahill, of Carterton, officiated in Masterton. In his discourse the latter pointed out the necessity there was for having Catholic literature and periodicals in every household. At St. Patrick's College on Saturday morning the students presented the Rev. Father Keogh, Rector, with an address on the occasion of his feast day. On Monday a holiday was given in honor of the event, and on the invitation of the Rector the professors and students spent the day at Belle Vue gardens, Lower Hutt. Solemn High Macs was celebrated at St. Joseph's Church on Sunday last, the feast of the Patronage of St. Joseph, and also the feast of the Rector of the college. The Rector was celebrant with Rev. Father O'Reilly deacon, and Rev. Father Tymons subdeacon. Rev. Father Moloney, acted as master of ceremonies. The music rendered by the choir was up to their usual standard of proficiency. At Vespers the Rev. Father Keogh preached on the festival of the day. Lieutenant-Colonel Collins, of the Wellington Rifles, has been gazetted as Lieutentant-Colonel in the New Zealand Militia in recognition of services rendered by him in the enrolment and despatch of our several contingents to South Africa. Colonel Collins has been connected with the volunteer service in this Colony for the past thirty years. The wedding of Miss Cissy Redwood, daughter of Mr Charles Redwood, formerly of Blenheim, to Mr James Clouston, of that town, was celebrated on Wednesday afternoon. Rev. Father O'Shea performed the ceremony at the residence of Mr M. J. McGrath, brother-in-law of the bride. The bride was attended by Misses McGrath and Clouston, nieces of the bride and bridegroom. Mr C. Fulton acted as best man. The operas which proved such an attraction at the Empire bazaar were repeated on Wednesday and Thursday evenings in the Opera House in aid of the schools of the parish They were heard to much better advantage there than in the Skating Rink, and were witnessed by large audience*. The performers acquitted themselves admirably. Several beautiful floral tributes were given to the principals. During an interval on Thursday evening the Rev. Father O'Shea thanked the public on behalf of all those concerned in the production for their generous support, and also referred to the amount of work these operas had entailed on Mr McLauchlin. He concluded by asking the audience to show by acclamation their appreciation of the efforts of those taking part. On Wednesday, Apiil 9. the marriage of Miss Ellen Dormer, second daughter of Mr Dormer, of Titahi Bay, to Mr Oliver M Gardner, fourth son of Mr John Gardner, of Kaiwarra, was celebrated at the Church of the Sacred Heart by Rev. Father Holley. The bride was given away by her father, and wore a becoming gown of light blue cloth, with white silk trimmings and a white chiffon toque. The bridesmaids were Miss Gardner (a bister of the bridegroom) and Miss B. Dormer (a sister of the bride). They wore dresses of white muslin, with silk eashen and burnt straw hats trimmed with white. To each, of the bridesmaids the bridegroom gave a gold brooch. Mr R. Gardner acted as best man. The honeymoon is being spent in Palmerston.