Wanganui

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 8, 21 February 1907, Page 13

Wanganui

(From our own correspondent.)

February 14. In your issue of 7th inst a slight error crept in. Miss Lucy Stanley should be Miss Lucy Shanley. Rev. Father Bibeaud from Jerusalem preached at Vespers at St. Mary's Church last Sunday. Tenders have now been received for the erection of the State Coal Depot at the south end of Ridgway street, and^ it is . expected that coal will be supplied to the townspeople within three months..

(There passed away at the Hospital on February 13 Mrs. Thomas Murphy, in her- 79th year. The deceased, who was a" resident of the parish for many years, was a sterling Catholic and a devoted member of the Sacred Heart League. The interment took place on Thursday, when the Very Rev. Dean Grogan officiated. — R.I.P.

St. Mary's Church was the scene of an interesting ceremony on Monday, February 11, the occasion being the marriage of Miss Maud Cribb to Mr. Joseph Mark-ham, both of Wanganui. The Very Rev. Dean Grogan performed the ceremony. The bridegroom, who -is a prominent member of St. Mary's Catholic Club, received the good wishes of his fellow-members for his and Mrs. Markham's future happiness and prosperity. They were the recipients of a large number of useful and. handsome presents. Keen interest was displayed at the recent Harbor Board elections when ,the electors voted for candidates who were in favor of or against-Field's scheme'of improving the bar of the Wanganui River either by constructing the outside moles or raising the river walls The electors showed their confidence in the policy of the old Board, who " stated openly that the scheme would be ineffectual' in the locality for which it was planned by Mr. Field, and returned three of its supporters— Messrs. Bassett, Bignell, and Menli— wbi-le Mr. Hogan, M.H.R., gained the other seat. So it is hoped that the present Board will, during its term of office, make a decided improvement in the channel on n™n and over the bar of the river. A sum of £30,000 is now available for the construction of outer works, and the ordinary" revenue of the Board will bo sufficient for dredging and completion of the " river walls.