OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 5, 31 January 1907, Page 19

OBITUARY

MRS. KEATING, SEN., BLENHEIM. „>. I- regret to report the death oi Mrs. -Keating,^,--seh., who. passed away at her residence, Weld street, . .on November 29.1 "(writes 'a correspondent).. The deceased .who had heeix ill for a considerable \ lime, was in her ■ 59th year, and died foi:tilied : by all./ the rites of Holy Church. - The late- Mrs. X\ leaves a grown-up family of' ten children to" mourn their -loss. She was a native of Tipper ary, (.and came - to the Colony about 25 years ago, residing in Bleu- , heim up to her death. Deceased was highly respected by all who knew her, a devoted Catholic, " and generous in everything connected with Church matters. — - R.I.P. . •

About the middle of February (says the ' Advocate '•). the Key. J. J. Malone, P.P. (Daylesforti),' the Rev. R.- S. Benson, ' P.P. - '(South Yarra),and the Rev. J. Manly' tFootscrayfwill leave on a ■ twelve months' trip to. the Old Larvd.The ' Tablet ' says of Sir Francis Burnand that he combines the breezin'ess of a sea-captain, the de- • corum ' of a canon, the" knowing'ness . at a clubman, the correctitude of a lawyer (he has been a barrister-at-law these many years), and the freshness of a boy. It is said that threshing-mill owners in South Canterbury are linking great difficulty in getting sufficient hands to work their mills, owing to the scarcity of casual— laborers, and some mills v are actually idle through this cause. A mill owner who spent practically a whole day in Timaru looking for men (lid so to no' purpose. He found only two or three men who were out pt employment, and... they would not accept the work he offered- them. -_""'" At" a conversazione in Wellington on Thursdaynight the Plremier, £Ar, J. G. Ward, - announced that fourteen appointments had been made to the Legislative Council, the following being the gentlemen select-,-ed :— Mr. W. W. M'Cardlo, farmer, Kawhiav, Captain W. H. Tucker, Farmer, Gisborne ; Mr. Wi Pere, Gisborne: Mr. Oliver Samuel, lawyer, New Plymouth ; Dr. Collins, Wellington ; Mr. -C. Luke, manufacturer, Wellington-; Mr. H. Gilmer, hotelkeeper, Wellington ; Mr. R. A. Loughnan, journalist, Wellington ; Mr. G. J. Smith, merchant, Ohristchurch ; Mr. John Barr, labor, Chi'istchurch ; Mr. J. Anstey, farmer, Canterbury ; Mr. J. R. Sinclair, lawyer, Dunedin ; Mr. J. T. Paul, labor, Dunedin ; Mr. J. B. Callan, lawyer, Dunedin.

. Miss Nellie Turner, a pupil of the Sisters of Mercy, Colombo street, , Christohurch, has passed, the matriculation and, solicitors' ''general knowledge -examinations. * '-.--, The will of the late Mr. Stefano - Oatti, .a prominent"' London Catholic, and om&\ of }/ the" proprietors of " Gatti's ' in the Strand, has -just been proved. -He left-^estate valueU at 0ver, £320,000/ Dc .' Lappo^i,- whose death was" 1 recently^ announced by cable, -had many little difficulties in inducing Leo XIII. to observe his orders. The Pope was a tireless -worker, and when the doctor commanded rest he found ii -hard *to obey. Lapponi J succeeded ! .chiefly by- adopting a somewhat imperative tone. The deceased physician was also a favorite. ' with", the present Pope, uho sent him the A p6s to lie- Benediction in . articulo - mortis. - " .' " ' „ - The. average Scot ~( says- the Christchurch "Press') is rarely found guilty of perpetrating- a distinctly Irish bull." -At the "New Zealand Athletic Union's sports held at/ the Exhibition ground on Saturday, however, the genial Mr. « Kiltie ' Smith,, director of the gathering, had greatness i. of; -1>His thrust .'■ upon him. A wrestling event' was "in* progress and. a number of interested officials within-the ring were obscuring the. View"bf the more distant public outside. 'As," in. duty bound, Mr. Smith grappled- with, the circumstance, and commanded, 'Now, then, yo\i gentlemen, -if" you want to stand upj you will have to sit" 'down.' Comparison of the results shown by~ returns collected at the census bt l lffo6 with -that of ' 1901 shows great development- in- butter -and -cheese factories. Not only did'- the number oL> ; factories increase from 247. to. 26 1 between 1901 and.,. 1906,,. besides skimftiin^ stations in connection"" "with them*— 4s9 against 202,— but the, -value of -the • output rose to £1,046,489 over the amount.foiwffl9ol.tr The figures are £2,581,639 for 1905r against/£1,535,150,..f0r' 1900.. The produce of- factory-made Butter fcir 1 1905*' was ~ set down at 51,818,6071 b, and. for -1900 at -29,T58,316ft, while -cheese made similarly increased fr0m .139,687 cwt- to" 150,061 cwt in the same period. ~ ' "

_ Messrs. Edward Recce and Sojgs, r : r C,oiqmbo i street, Christchurch,, have a notice of considerable interest in this issue. In order to bring >uMer "public notice a new metal, called ' Si 1 verities -"which is as" white -as' silver, durable as steel, and always its palish, they have decided to make:an-^musoially liberal offer.' for a short -period, * consisting : a prepared parcel of '> tableware far the moderate sum of ,35s^ with a dozen teaspoons free _ -v^ . h ~- ■■ ' - -