DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 13 December 1906, Page 15

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

„,, \ (Fr6 m our bwn correspondent.) - : ' '-' - ' ' " -■ ' ■'"." I> ecem ,ber,-7^" '• His Lordship Dr. -Lenihan 1 was in -Cbristchurchdast week. Of the exhibition the Bishop spea&s in i-'., high terms, and says dl is" I 'well wortih a visit. .Dr.Kl.enihan is expected back home in the" early part of next ' Week. — • ' 1 : -, •■> _j\ i~:- o -i_f The quarterly meeting of the, Cemetery Board .~a/;was * held in St. Benedict's presbytery last Mondajoevening, Very Ke\v Father Gillan presiding. The ''annual balance sheet, passed at a public- meeting on Sunday, November 4, was read 'and -approved by the committee. 11) .was

decided to call .for tenders immediately •to clear off the undergrowth "in -.the, cemetery^ and tar and' sand the paths. , -• , • --.-.-•, > , .„

A prelrftonary- meetmgl.to promote, a bazaar .in aid 2r*' Vr , dralbuildin g t - " f und »- 'over -which the:- .-'-Re-v. * ather^ Holbrook presided,-.*. was h«ld . the, " o'the^.:,day " ■itta matter was enthusiasiically taken up', and th« ladies present undertook i-to.set,- to' work in earnest.- Mrs Liennardo '- w.as -appointed- "general : secretary. . Several tmontns -are- to "be- devoted to its preparation, when it is thought that .its success .-wilL-be -assured, andrthat it will , compare favorably' ".with anything., of its , kind previously held . in Auckland./- J ■•, v -. , v .. . The site upon which this Star- ot\the- Sea Orphan- ' S&^TiiJffi 0 ' W '? idl T !l^ c Auckl^d Gas. Co:, has pai-d the Right Rev.- i>r. Lenihan:£Booo,^ is • about to be cjitj down; .the-: company -having • let., the -contract for the , wort. With. the loss oUlhis^ portion 'of -'bid St..Mary's^-•Hill-.a-.well known landmark, .and .-histoi-wal^ spot for Catholics -will disappear,- Mr -was certainly -a beautiful S''- > ?-V late J" eari v o.wing to the number 'of com--meicial f.edificcs ; and • businesses springing up in .close , S^otSi^^SSea° r ■ °^^4po- Sas -e^miSoS^S^S^th^ gj •InsSto^nr^ %I*-™°***rol% I *-™°***rol Wellin, e ton, VAV As 7S7 S i SStS ttt a nt nei P "mth Jl \ E , ducatlOn Department,, was the- exami--nei. ■,W.ita what he saw and . heard , he ; was highly -pleased. It is 'wprthy ; ,of; recoud -'to-say that .every gin and boy passed, in,, their respective classes This is "SSJ^Tn 8 - 1 " 1 ( l niSeVel;al occasions lately- ,when the thSr hoh* • drm h f veja PP^red at . our Social functions ..their behaviour and- generally, neat.* araMrtdy : appearance. to S 6 praise cJmmenda! 11,I 1 , / hG & 0o A A fc»,ister S< of doling- admirable woik in pur midst,' and.;deserve all the' support "it is possible to bestow on them. v "ppuii, n, is