AKAROA

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 36, 7 September 1905, Page 15

AKAROA

- (From our Christchurch correspondent.) September 5.

His Lordship Bishop Grimes arrived at Alcaroa on Saturday afternoon last and, despite the incessant downpour of railn r he began the visitation of the parish in the presence of a full congregation in St. Patrick's Ohurch. On Sunday morning his Lordship celebrated first Mass at 8 a.m., at which some of the children malde their First Communion. After the eleven o'clock Mass the Bishop examined and confirmed si.vteen canjdMlates, one of whom was an adult convert. 171 the eveining; tihrce was renewal of Baplismal vows, sermion by| the Bishop, and Benediction of tue Blessed Sacrament. *

It is reported that a family in. the Kapanga (Taranaki) district cleared £319 by milking on shares last season. The new Bank of New South Wales building at Wellington, which is nearing completion, has cost £40,000, aftid is sai<d to be one of t>hc handsomest structures in tho Colony. In response to a deputation from the city bands tho Welling ton City Council has decided to se/t aside £160 a3 a snib'sady for open-air performances. This will give each band £40. The last year was £100.