DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND
(From our own correspondent.) March 8. . The Very Rev. Dean Hackett will this evening deliver his very popular lecture on ' Irish wit and humor 'in the Leys Institute, in aid of the Little Sisters of the Poor. Another beautiful stained-glass window, the gift of Mrs. Hackett and family, is in course of erection at St. Patrick's Cathedral. This makes the fourth valuable window in the 'church, each of which cost £110,. Several of the Hibernian delegates have arrived, or are en route to Auckland. Bro. F. Doolan, Christchurch, has gone to Rotorua, where he will stay till the meeting begins. Arrangements have been made for entertaining the visitors. A discussion has been raised in the local morning paper on the question of the cost of school books to the parents. Though the State pays for tuition of the. child it is sought to get- it to. pay for the books also. Rev. Brother George, Superior of the Marist Brothers' School, Pitt street, who was interviewed by the 'Herald' on the subject, said: 'The children attending tho school paid 6d a week' in som)e standards., The parents find the books. In the case of very poor children the Brothers frequently supplied books. . We ■have no aid from the State, as you are aware. Th© cost of "books at this school would toe about the same as those for primary schools. In fact, we get ,_the same books, in order to comply -with the Education Department's requirements, the only difference being a Catholic Reader in the place of one of. the' two stipulated books. My experience is that the parents are not? only willing to pay the school fees, hut also provide the school books.'
The Hon. , Mr. Heydon, M.L.C., of New South Wales", and ex-M^nister of the Crown, arrived here from Sydney last Sunday, and immediately called on his Lordship the Bishop. For the present the distinguished visitor is staying at Rotorua. He- will return in time for . St. Patrick's Day celebration in Auckland. He is president of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. He is deeply concerned in the spiritual and temporal welfare of our Catholic sailors trading- in* and out" of- Australasian ports. In Sydney, Melbourne, and Newcalstte, amd: other Australian ports orgja/nisieid Ibfodies of young men make it their business to wait upon the Catholic sailors and invite them to the clubrooms, and the best resuHs have been obtained. Mr. Htevdon is anxious to extend the operations all over colonial ports. In Ih'is* direction 'he wishes to take the opportunity afforded by the gathering of so many Catholic men from all parts of New Zealand to attend the triennial meeting of the Hibernian Society, and to address them at the breakfast after Holy Communion ..on St. Patrick's Day. The hon. gentleman is most enthusiastic in the matter,, and considers it mdgiht easily be arranged lhat the" organisations at the various ports would report to each othei: the names of th-3 sailors and the~ ships .in* which they work, and so meet them on arrival. Oth^r religious bodies flo Hhis, and Mr. Hevdon says we are sadly behind in the important work. _
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 11, 14 March 1907, Page 15
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