WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, Issue 3, 6 August 1908, Page 24

WELLINGTON

(From an Occasional Correspondent.) . August- 3. , Rev. 'Father Schaefer, S.M.,- late of. Otaki, has taken the place of Rev. Father Moloney, S.M., who has been transferred to .St. Mary's, Christchurch. On Sunday evening, August 30, the choir of St. 'Joseph's Church, Buckle street, will give an oratorio. There was Exposition" of the Blessed Sacrament from last Mass to Vespers on Sunday at St. Mary of the Angels' Church. The building of the South Wellington Catholic Club rooms has been commenced, and it is anticipated that the rooms will be opened at the end of next month. In- the meantime the members meet every Thursday in St. Anne's schoolroom. The penny 'collection for the schools in Te Aro parish for July amounted to £215, while for the year ending July 31 it totalled £243, and for the sixteen years this collection has been going on the schools have benefited to the grand amount of £2059. At the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Sunday evening an organ recital and sacred concert in aid of the organ fund was given by the church organist, Miss May Putnam, assisted by the choir and friends. Vocal items were rendered by Rev. Father Moloney, Misses Jones, and Messrs. Smith and Flanagan. The Wellington Town Clerk in his annual report stated that there was an increase of 3,208,689 carried on the trams for the .past twelve months, compared with the same period last year, making a total of 20,105,723 carried. There are eighty tramcars and seventeen miles of track open for traffic. The total area of the city of Wellington is 9500 acres, or nearly 15 square miles, an increase of 2010 acres during the year.