Wanganui

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 6, 7 February 1907, Page 14

Wanganui

(From our own correspondent.)

January 31

The death of Mr. Jno. Donovan, late sergeant of the police force at Wanganui, tooK place at K'akaramea -on Monday. — R.I. P. I *have- to congratulate Miss Lucy Stanley for passing the Civil Service examination last December. She was the only one sent up from our local convent. The Irish envoys reception, committee report that the proceeds to be "remitted to the central treasurer of .the fund (Mr. Martin Kennedy) at Wellington is at present £174. The list was finally closed to-day. The parents of the scholars attending* the Marist Brothers' School must be- pleased with the results ol the teaching there, as two of "the pupils competing with those from all the Catholic schools in the Colony, obtained scholarships— Masters .John O'Connor (a scholarship at Sacred -Heart College, - Auckland) r and John Kevin Crotty (a scholarship of £25 a year, tenable for four years, at St. Patrick's College, Wellington). I have to congratulate both, boys on their success, and may it be only a forerunner of a blight future. _______ The Premier, Sir Joseph Ward, passed through Aramoho by Friday's en route for Engfand' to attend the Imperial- Conference. He was met "at the railway ■ station by the Mayor and a - representative gathering of citizens. The Mayor wished him a pleasant trip and a safe return, and was sure -' he would do both himself and the Colony l credit. The Premier thanked the Mayor for his kind expressions, and the citizens for attending to endorse those expressions of good will. He was going to an Imperial Conference as a representative of "all classes in New Zealand. Mat- % ters 'of the greatest possible consequence would be discussed there, and as far as he could he would try to " act for the benefit of - all parts of the Empire. He hoped to be back about the end of June. He hoped that during his absence they and their district would continue to prosper, in every way. It is with extreme Tegret that I record the death' of Mr.\ Charles" Mark Wixcey, third son of Mr. "Thomas" Wixcey, " "who was drowned at Castleclifl Heads ' last' Sunday ' afternoon. It appears that there were some very big breakers, and though the tide was coming in, a strong current was running. The deceased I disappeared suddenly, having, it- is thought, got into a hole. Directly his disappearance was noted his companions hurried to render assistance,* but without suc- • • ces. ' The police have been searching without success, and up' to the time of my writing the body has not been recovered. The- deceased was an unassuming and extremely popular . young . man, and news of his untimely' end was received by *all the members ol the St. Mary's CJatholic Club with sincere regret. He was a good' musician, being conductor of the club's orchestra, and in many othet ways assisted, the club to entertain his fellow members.— R.l.P. ,