ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 18, 7 May 1908, Page 13

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

(From our own correspondent.) May 2. At the several churches to-morrow the coni'mittee of the new Catholic Club will take the names of intending members. Business at the Dominion Bazaar during the week has been very brisk. Up to Friday night about £1200 had been taken. Mr. James Bourke, jun., of Kilbdrnie, leaves __on Thursday next on a business visit to England. Mr. Bourke, who is a popular figure in wool circles, was entertained at a dinner during the week by the leading wool-broikers of the city. Mr. Denis Fay, who recently returned from a trip abroad, has just entered into business again as a partner in the well-known carrying firm of J. O'Brien and Co. ' Mr. Fay has the best wishes o£ a large circle of fnien/ds in his new venture. - TOie foundation, stone of the new church beting erected by the Redemiptorist Order in Hawker ' street was - laid by his Grace the Archbishop on- "Sunday afternoon in the presence of a large gathering. His Grace complimented the Fathers on. the great progress they haid made since coming to New Zealand* The Catholics of Muritai met on Sunday to receive a report Irom " the rector of the -parish, Very Rev Father Keogh. The report disclosed that the finances of the parish were in a satisfactory position; about

£450 having been raised by a bazaar held some time ago.. It was decided, 'on the motion "of Mr,, J. O Kelly, seconded by Mr. A. R. Bunny, that a soc'iaa gathering be held at the Bay some time in June A committee, with Mr. Bert Kelly as secretary, was set up to make the necessary arrangements. The- resident Catholic community at " the Bay is as yet a small one, and it -3? hoj-cd that tin city Cathod'ics will assist the gathering by their attendance. At the recent Senior Civil Service examinations the pupils from St. Patrick's College secured second place in- Latin and French, sixth place in. geometry, trigonometry, and commerciad £eograp.hy,- and tenth place in arithmetic and al'gejb{ca. It is worthy of note that outside of members of" the Civil Service the only pupils to complete the Senior Civil Service examination at one sitting were two pupils from the college. The Catholics of the Dominion must surely feel that in the coKtegiev they hftve a. secondary educational instdtuition" eqiual at" least to any other establishment of the kind in the Dominion. The Rector, Very Rev. Father KJeogh, is deserving of our warmest gratitude for the high standard attained by the college during recent years under the able guidance of himself and stafi.