Diocesan News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 36, 8 September 1904, Page 5

Diocesan News

DIOCESE OF CHRiSTCHURQI

(From our own correspondent.)

September 5. Firo T R e ri^ a -i hol i C Club recentl F met the Chester street £ r2>ms rff r * re f sen *a«ves at a billiard tournament in the rcVoms ,of the former, and secured a victory. Josei)h\ c n h^S eC] T Cm , Mab ' S Wili be in St. jo&ep-ns Lhurdn, lemuka, on Tuesday mornine for thp riZtl S n + Bl^oP will preside, a,nd mjost of the ¥x L Can terb'iry are likely to be present Oam 1 a 1 ru I to V t^ r th NOrth <*™***& from uamaru to tell the people of Christchurch durina: the th U e rS i e oo°n p lect^ c +^ntly delivered aTid reported £ Vie local ' Press-,' that the Catholics of this city were £ i*l c t eat l 1 tlhat «">rning at Napier of the Very Key. Father Yardm, S.M., at the great age of iff hvih; 7^ Bi f° P - referred t0 the high pos!tf oai held by the deceased priest in the Society of Mary and to areef !n th^cSon^ A eminently fruitful m %, ,- ,f Lolon y- As a recess onal the oreanist Mi« Kat,e Young, played the- Dead March from ' S Saul' out of respect for the departed.— R.I p dut^fSr o^^ 01 taildi^ at Halswell . whi,ch has done the new JJ?™ has , latel 7 b( *n Supplanted by i.ne new structure opened on Sunday has a i«j» .p. p ' as lon « a K° Purchased by the Catholic coinmodation being agafr necessary, the old^ buildin^ Ko^Tr t K-i7«u£ M l : mmmm immmm ence^Mr^O'BHP^ 1 '^ 1 ; 1110^^ the chai ™an's referhe of Mr Q'R?i BB ' 'nd Sald « no ° ne Was Prouder than Mr n-2 J S r^ m the mfl dical profession., Mr 0 Bnon thanked those present for the warmth of Dheir welcome and the honor paid him by such lie prcsentative Catholic gathering. Turning to footbaU he?aidthat he ttuwght the gaane WaJ s teOcfn ratheV Si seriously in New Zealand. It seemed to be an all-ab-h®£ g thls£. ° f COnverSation ' t0 detrim«f "of Messrs /Harder aiwi Fanning brieHy acknowledged the compliments paid them, by the chairman. Mr Harncr explained that Mr. O'Brien and he had learned theirtootball tpgether at St. Patrick's College. During the evening an excellently arranged musical programme, under the direction of Mr. H. Rossiter was contributed to by the Rev. Fathers Mahonv and O''connell (songs), Rev. Father McDonald (violin solo) Mr W. 'Geoghegnaoi (saxophone a,nd Messrs F* McNamara, J F. Shanley G. J. Fama, O. Hayward,' A O'Brien, J. R. Hayward, and J. Med,hurst. Light refreshments were also dispensed. Later in the week Mr.. A. O Bnen and a party of friends weire entertained

at St. Mary's Presbytory, Manchester street, by the Key. Father Marnane.