PALMERSTON NORTH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 25, 22 June 1905, Page 19

PALMERSTON NORTH

(From our own correspondent.) m. June 18. The usual fortnightly meeting of the local biranctt H.A.C.B. Society was held on the 14th inst, there being a large muster of members. Four candidates were proposed and three initiated. Bro. I. J. Fake, in a heat speech, returned thanks for the honor done him in electing him an honorary member, and generously offered a •donation of £'5 toward a new meeting room, or furniture, or any necessary t-hing the committee might think fit to put it to. On the motion of Bro. Dallow he was a rorded a very hearty vote of thanks for his timely aid. The annual social, held on the 7th Inst., was in e-. cry wav an unqualified success, the 7eala,ndia Hall being well filled. During the evening several songs and recitations were given, and a step dance by the veteran and enthusiastic honorary member, Bro. John Hurley. Amongst those present were the Rev, Fathers P. Tymrms, J. Bow Sen (chaplain \ Mr. W. T. Woods, M.F.R., Mrs. Woods, and family. As a result some £18 will be placed to the credit of the benevolent fund. Too much praise cannlot be given to the honorary memlbers and ouri laxly friends for the abundance of good things

sent for the supper, and special mention must be made o! Mrs. Morris Hickey, sen., whose services cannot be too highly rated both on this occasion and all other parish socials. The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. H. Devlin was becomingly celebrated /n the Kelvin Gro\e Hall on the sth inst., surrounded by their 8 children, 22 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren, all hale and happy, and with costly presents too numerous to mention. It is the fervent wish of all their friends and JJie parishioners generally that they, for many years to come, may enjoy a Dull measure of health and prosperity. The happy couple were married in St. Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow, in 1855, residing in that city till 1861, when they left for the United States, then in the throes of the Civil War. They eventually arrived in this Colony in 1874. Till within two years Mr. Devlin was in the Railway Department, from which he retired on pension after 27 years of devoted service.