WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, 13 August 1908, Page 19

WELLINGTON

(From an Occasional Correspondent.) August 10. Mr. M. O'Kane has been appointed' secretary of the Wellington branch of the United Irish League vice Mr.. J. Finlay, resigned. Mr. T. Butler, an ex-student of St. Patrick's College, has passed the 'final examination for the degree of doctor of dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania. He gained second place -in a list of a hundred candidates, his average for the subjects being 97.4 per cent, of marks At the monthly meeting of the men's branch of the Sacred Heart Association, held at St. Joseph's Church on Sunday, there were about 100 members present. The Rev. Father Finnerty, S.M., preached a very instructive sermon, in the course of which he strongly denounced the vice of detraction, quoting, instances to show the great amount of care that should be exercised when speaking of our neighbors. The Rev. Father Yenning thanked those members of the Sacred Heart Association who helped 10 make the social gathering in the Town Hall on the sth inst such a success. The net result is estimated at