TIMARU

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 41, 12 October 1905, Page 19

TIMARU

(From our own correspondent.) October 9.

T!he Hibernians approached the Holy Table in a body at. the nine o'clack Mass yesterday morning. Re/. Father Tubman was the celehiant, and in speaking on tJbfe Go'speill of the day, urged all youn^ men to join the only Catholic Fncmllv Society m Now Zealand, as one of the fruits of membership was the edifying bight he saw before him. A mooting of St. Johns Tennis Club was hekl in St. Jolm's Hall on Sunday, Ist inst., to take steps to re-

su/scitate the cM). Mr. Dennehy occupied the 1 chair and briefly stated the object of the meeting. The secretary, Mr. J. O'Leary, presented the balance sheet for the last season played, which showed a substantial amount in bawd. Th© following officers were elected -.—Patron, Retv. Father Tub'man ; president, Mr. T. W. Lynch ; secretary, Mr. J. O'Leary ; committee, Misses McGuinness, McAteer, Mclntyre, and Messrs. J. Yenning, D. Wilson, and J. Dunne. The subscription was fixed on the old scale, and the secretary was empowered to get the co>urt r,|ut in order at once. Mr. F J Roll'eistoTi, a candidate for this electorate, addressed a large meeting in St. Joseph's School, Kerrytmvn, on last Tuesday evening, and obtained a cordial reception. On' concluding he was asked by Mr. R. Matooney ' Whether, if returned, he would give financial support to the Catholic community in regard to education ? ' Mr. Roilleston replied that he was not in favor of giving State aid to Catholic schools, unless it was given to any other denomination that might wish to teach religion in the schools. But, if the Bi<ble-in-schiools proposals were carried, be would support aid to the Catholic schools. The Government already grantad that any Education Board may allow its inspectors to examine Catholic schools ; he would be in favor of an amendment changing the ' may ' into ' should. 1 The chairman (Mr. M. Drisooll) said that while the Catholics spent a goad deal of money in educating their ohil«drem — more than they could afford — they got nothing froim the Government. They were one-seventh of the population, yet as soon as anyone said, ' Give tfhe Catholics fair play,' there was a toowl from one end of the Colony to the other. The usual vote* of thanks to the chair brought a successful meeting to a close.