Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 19, 14 May 1908, Page 24

Timaru

(From our own correspondent.) „, _ „ May 11. . Mr. F. Dennehy, of the Union Bank has iust rp ceived notice of his transfer on promotion to the head" out r^k Mr - Dennehy is an ex-pupil of C^thoHc^rclef 001 ' he * 1U ** muc * missed from m * cv - Fa J* cr McDeraott left on' Saturday evening to tF™ v + T e r S n \ lssion at st - Andrews on Sunday, and R»v. Father Lowham departed on Monday to open a mission art the Newtown parish, Wellington, on Sunday next. It may be mentioned that on the conclusion of ifrpE"^ ° n Sl '"' day llight lhe men of the Parish marched in procession, carrying their different banners, T/O fc>u. John s Hall.

was tm tS g mlS , sion by tho Rc -'demptorist Fathers was W Jg! M to a close yesterday. At the early Mass the church was crowded, mostly by women, and rrUi ™ that . evel T one present approached the Holy I able. The nine o'clock Mass was reserved for the men, and again the sacred edifice was crowded The members of the Hibernian Society and the Celtic Club were well represented, and of the five hundred men who received Holy Communion, fully two hundred were members of these two societies.

In the evening the need of a new church was once more shown by the numbers who were unable to gain admission. Rev. Father Lowham preached the closing sermon. This mission has been the most successful ever given here.