DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 34, 20 August 1903, Page 5

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own correspondent.) August 17. in ZZ h l 262 6V V F f h A r I S ault ' SM - went north last week w P nfn P t U at th^ Meanee stud ents' ordinations at Wellington. The Rev. Father Marnane, of St. Mary's, is at present at Rotorua, having returned from his AusTjr£Lii3,ii tout . irir>? iS^h rd £ hip the bishop is now in the Ahaura district with Kumara to follow, at which place the Bishop s present episcopal visitation will terminate It clrl y XP n e :x ce t dd m h onth LL ° rdShiP WiU r6tUrn l 0 Chris^urch The Rev. Father O'Connell has ready for distribution bocks of tickets for the international art union on the satisfactory disposal of which so much depends in aiding the Cathedral building fund. St. Mary's parish committee are arranging a ' Welcome home ' to the rector, the Rev. Father Marnane, in the Alexandra Hall for August 25, on his return from a holiday undertaken for the benefit of his health Ihe Lyttelton Oddfellows' Hall was crowded on Friday evening last on the occasion of an entertainment given by the pupils of the local convent of Mercy and friends. The various items of a well arranged programme were very creditably rendered and introduced by a prologue spoken by Miss Annie Welsh. The musical portion consisted of choruses capably sung, a vocal duet by Misses L. and E, Parker, humorous song by Miss L Parker, a euphonium solo by Mr. W. Sullivan pianoforte duet by Misses M. McConnell and A Davies' selection for piano, cornet, mandolin, and violin by Mrs' Hayden and the Loader Brothers, and a march played on six violins by Miss Alice Davies and Masters T Gellcty, D. Loader, T. Joyce, T. Morris, and W Spears A dramatic item, ' The violet sellers,' and a farce 'The hypochondriac, ' were given with good effect by the pupils. A tableau was very effectively arranged, and a display of club-swinging added to the success of the entertainment.