Diocesan News

New Zealand Tablet, 15 October 1908, Page 14

Diocesan News

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

(From an Occasional Correspondent.) October 9. The H.A.C.B. Society held jts anniversary social gathering in the Alexandra Hall on Wednesday evening, when there was a large attendance. A start was made on Thursday with the erection of a brick chapel for St. Bride's Convent, Masterton. The chapel will cost about ;£noo, and is likely to be finished by Christmas. In the annual report of the Tourist and Health Resorts Department there is shown a decrease of 1082 visitors from oversea last year. The value of the yearj^tourist traffic to New Zealand is estimated at The third social gathering in aid of the Catholic Church building fund, Kilbirnic, was held in O'-Donnell's Hall on Wednesday evening. The gathering was very_ successful, and the funds will be considerably augmented. Mr. R. G. M. Park (Tiki Paaka), native interpreter, of Wanganui, a prominent member of S<\ Mary^s Catholic Club, has announced that he will sta"hd for the Eastern Maori electorate against the sitting member, Mr. A. -T. Ngata. - Speaking at last night's valedictory social to' the retiring postmaster, Mr. J. G. Price, of the Lower Hutt, the Very Rev. Father Lane spoke eulogistically of Mr. Price's personal qualities, and paid a tribute to the devotion of his wife. Mr. Price was presented with a gold watch .suitably inscribed, and Mrs.- Price with a silver tea and coffee service. At the usual weekly meeting of the Wellington Catholic Club Junior Debating Society,, held on Tuesday, the members engaged - in an oratorical competitioh. The following members took part : Mr. J. McCusker (George Washington), P.-'McGrath (Archbishop Goold), J. O'Leary (Sir Thomas More), F. Hickrnott (General Wolfe). The chairman (Mr. Moran), who acted as" the judge, gave his verdict in favor of Mr. J. McCusker.--In the five-mile teams' race- from the To Aro baths to the Patent Slip^and back on Saturday afternoon, Mulcahy, a member of the Wellington Catholic Club, came in first. <Eigtit teams lined" ' up for the start. They got away about half-past 3, Mulcahy being well in ttgttpad. In the run home he forged ahead, arriving three-quarters of a minute-before the next runner. The winning team' was. the Harriers, the runners-up being the Wellington Catholic Club team. Mulcahy 's time was given as 23 minutes 45 seconds, which is considered a record. The holiday promised the students of St. Patrick's College in connection with the jubilee "of the Rector, Very Rev. Father Keogh," S.M., was very pleasantly spent at Day's. Bay. /The boys, accompanied by the members of the College staff, left Wellington early in the morning, and on arrival went to the Catholic presbytery at Rona Bay and partook of breakfast. They then adjourned to Day's Bay, where some sports were held. A record for the college in the hop, step, and jump event was put up by

James Stewart, who did 42 feet 7 inches, the previous record being 42^. feet 4 inches. Many figures which the people of New" Zealand cannot ignore are given in the annual repor.t of Dr. Mason, chief health officer, .which was presented to Parliament on Wednesday; for instance, , deaths in 1907 totalled 10,066, equal to 10/95 per 1000 of the population, compared with 9.31 in 1906. Of the marnages in the year 1907, 24.38 per cent, were solemnised by ministers of the Church of England, 26.23 P,er cent, by ministers of the Presbyterian Churches, 14.95 per centr by ministers of the Methodist Churches, 11.22 per cent? by clergy of the Catholic Church, 7.99 per cent, by ministers of other denominations, and 15.23 per cent, by registrars. Mr/ Henry Saint-George, the Trinity College examiner, concluded- the practical examinations in Wellington on Tuesday, October 6. He expressed himself as satisfied with the general excellence attained, and especially remarked upon the very high order of tuition at the St. Mary's Convent School. The following is a list of the successful convent pupils and marks obtained : Associates— Agnes Segrief, 98; May Storey, 88; Doris .Hay wood, 84. Certificated pianist— Gerty Blacklock, 64. Senior divisionPiano honors : Irene Aickcn, 86 ; Dorothy Norton, 82. Senior .pass— Florence Dixon, 7 6 ; May Storey, 68. Senior divisionSinging honors: Teresa McEnroe, 93; Rose -Segrief, 91. Intermediate division— Myra Hodgins, 66; Olive Young, 63. Junior • divisioa— Piano honors : Bessie Gard, 87. Junior division (pass)— Winifred Ryan, 70; Mona Blacklock, 64;- Lily Dealy, 62. Preparatory division (piano)— Bessie Martin, 80; Hilda Martin, 78. Senior division— Winner of the ' anonymous -donor ' medal, Irene Aicken. Junior division— Winnner of- the Martha Myers Memorial medal, Bessie Gard. Winifred Quill, of the Otaki Convent, with 7.6 marks, passed in- the Preparatory Division (piano).-