Wanganui

New Zealand Tablet, 20 December 1906, Page 23

Wanganui

(From oar owm correepoidwtt.) ' December- 12-r- ( It is announced "that the Irish delegates will visit Wanganui during the second week in January. Members of St. Mary's Catholic Club are reminded , that their quarterly- Communion, will take place on ', Sunday/ December .30. Mr. Chas. Latter ty, president of the Christchurch Catholic Club, was in Wanganui last week. He was shown over the club rooms, and was pleased with the < progress the' young club has made. The crifobage tour- ' nament was concluded on Wednesday, the winner being Mr.. P. B. Lorn-ax, who has thus won both the billiard , ami cribbage ' tournaments. On Sunday morning there was a large attendance at St. Mary's Church, when 35 children made their First CommunjoU, his Lordship Bishop Lenihan being celebrant of tl'igf'Mass. After the Mass the communi- ' cants adjourned "' to the convent for breakfast, which was provided by the Sislers. At Vespers the Bishop ; preached _an impressive sermon to a large -congregation. His Lordship made feeling reference to the late, Dean Kirk, whom he eulogised for his many.. .. good j works, and .saintly life. He congratulated the .pupils of ' the convention their singing of . , the „ hymns during the evening. "After tihe sermon the children renewed their baptismal vows. On ■ December 10, a most interesting function took -place/ when Sir. Joseph Ward unveiled the monument erected in Cook's Gardens in memory of the fallen troopers in the Boer War. After the ceremony of _ unveiling Sir Joseph Ward was waited upon by a deputation from the Wanganui Chamber of .Commerce, . who desired that- the work in connection with the' Parapara road, which \vould open up the .anteriordown to. Wanganui, should be let in large contracts,; or -the money should be. handed over to a locaVbody ■ for expenditure. Another deputation from the Wan- 1 ganui Harbof\ Board waited on the Premier represent-! ing Ihe necessity for fuilher shed accomm&dation. He promised to la^y the- matter favorably before his colleagues, and he "assured - tiie deputations of - his sincere sympathy in their requests.