DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 21, 28 May 1908, Page 23

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

On Sunday in connection with the church parade of the Volunteers the Hibernian Cadets, under Captain D. S. Columb and Lieutenant J. B. Callan, mustered fifty strong, and marched from the Garrison Hall to St. Joseph's Cathedral, where a special place was reserved for them, and also for the Catholic members of other corps. The South Dunedin Ladies' Catholic Club held their annual meeting on Thursday, when the following officebearers were elected : — President, Miss Dunford ; secretary, Miss Francis ; treasurer, Miss McGowan ; committee, Misses L. Rogan, M. Mcßride, H. Sheridan, J. Long, and A. Heffernan. The balance sheet, which was read and adopted, showed a credit of £4 19s. The St Joseph's Harriers held their run on Saturday from the Wakari School. Hastings and McCormick were the hares, and the attendance was good considering the inclement weather. The trail went along the road and over the surrounding district, which provided splendid harrier country. The following team will represent the club in the Edmond Cup Race :— J. B. Callan, G. McCormick, J. V. Quelch, J. Swanson, P. O'Gorman, C. Hill, W. Stafford, W. C. Hughes, H. Munro, and A. Dunne. The members of St. Patrick's Young Men's Social and Literary Club, South Dunedin, held their usual weekly meeting on Monday evening, when there was a good attendance. The programme consisted of a debate — ' Whether military training should be compulsory in New Zealand.' After a lengthy debate, the negative side, led by Mr. J. Atwill, won by a bare majority. The affirmative side, under Mr. R. McLean, did admirably, and brought forward strong arguments in favor of their side of the question. Rev. Father Cofiey, Adm., presided over a large attendance of members at the weekly meeting of St. Joseph's Men's Club on Friday evening. The programme, a mock banquet, contained a long list of toasts, which were proposed and responded to by the following gentlemen :— Rev. Father Coffey, Messrs. T. Deehan, T. J. Hussey, J. B. Callan, jun., O. Swanson, D. Hartstonge, J. Cowan, D. O'Connell, D. Corcoran, E. W. Spain, J. Swanson, R. Ro'ssbotham, McGuggan, M. Rossbotham, and Dr. Hastings. Musical items were contributed during the evening by Messrs. T. J. Hussey, D. S. Columb, G. Haydon, J. Treston, and T. Deehan. Mr. F. Heley acted as accompanist. A very successful bazaar, in connection with the Sacred Heart Church, was opened in the Otautau Town Hall (on Wednesday evening, May 13*- The opening ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Murphy, who complimented the committee on the admirable manner in which they had carried out the whole arrangements, and the stallholders on the fine display of goods. He was pleased at the large attendance, and thanked members of- other denominations who had assisted. Business was very brisk on the opening night, and was very satisfactory for the remainder of the week. A good deal of the success of the . fair was due to the hon. secretary, Mr. J. M. O'Brien. The following were the stallholders :— Fancy— Misses Cameron, McAfee, Hay, and Mclvor ; plain work— Mrs. and

Miss De Joux, Miss D.- O'Brien; -Mrs.- Farrelly ;-- stall No. 2— Misses Glen , and v Joyce; stall No. 3 (bran tub" and_ Christinas tree)— Misses O'Brien and Forde ; con-*"-fectlonery— Misses Burgoine and Flynn (2) ; ."tea, rooms—. Misses Prendergast (2), Small, Mesdames Forbes and,. Powell ; produce— Misses Bat,, Fahey, and W. Gardiner 1 ; shooting gallery— Messrs. - McAfee" and Cameron. The fol^ lowing ladies also assisted :— Misses Agnew (2), Forbes' (2), Sweetman (2)", Mclntosh, Healy, J. O'Brien, But--tolph, and Fordo..