Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 35, 27 August 1903, Page 5

Timaru

(From our own correspondent.)

The church building fund received a substantial increase through the late Mr. Nicholas Quinn, of Makikihi. Mr Qumn belonged to the Waimate parish, yet he has bequeathed £600 to the proposed new church in Timaru— £300 of that amount to be expended on a peal of bells,

also £700 to the Christchurch Cathedral. He has left £400 to the Waimate church, and £200 to the Makikihi church. The convents at Waimate, Christchurch, and Timaru 'receive £50 each, and to other institutions and other church purposes he has left bequests making in all about £3000.

At the ordinary meeting of the Hibernian Society, held on Monday last, five more members were initiated and six candidates proposed. The greatest enthusiasm is shown in strengthening the numbers of the branch, and most of the young men in the district are enrolling al a phenomenal rate. During the week the port of Timaru was visited by three large ocean liners— the N.Z.S. Co.'s • Rakaia,' the White Star liner, ' Delphic,' and the South African liner, 1 Suffolk.' The chief items exported in them were oats and frozen mutton. The two last-named occupied the whole of the berthage of the main wharf, their combined length being over 900 feet. The arrival or departure of tnese large liners is quite a duierent incident to what it used to be a few years ago. Now little notice is taken of them, while the writer remembers a few years ago a special train was run from Timaru to Lyttelton to enable Timaru People to visit the s>.s. Rimutaka.

The pupils of the Marist Brothers' schools have had their play ground much improved by the removal of the fences of the adjoining sections, the area of the whole being thrown into one, and so affording them much more bpace for their games. The boys, under Brother Martin, as coach, seem to be keeping up their reputation in the football field, and last Saturday scored another victory by beating a team from the Oamaru Catholic Boys' school on the Athletic grounds by 6 points to nil. Mr. Duggan brought his boys up from Oamaru, and as they hold this year's premiership for the North Otago primary schools, it was thought that the Marist Brothers boys would meet with a reverse. However, the local boys won with the satisfactory score mentioned. P. Gillespie and J. Wade played well, and secured a try each for Timasru. Dare and Sullivan were very distinct amongst the Timaru forwards, Falconer playing a good game for Oamaru. Mr. Tasker, as referee, gave every satisfaction. The Oamaru boys left by evening train under charge of their genial coach, Mr. Duggan, having been previously entertained at the Ship Hotel by the Timaru team.