DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, 5 November 1908, Page 23

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own correspondent.) November 2. His Lordship the Bishop returned to Canterbury from Westland at the end of the week, and on Sunday made an episcopal visitation at Darfield. During the week his Lordship. is expectedin Christchurch, and on Sunday next visits Lincoln. Under the presidency of the Very Rev. Father Price, Adm., the Catholic excursion committee have for some time been meeting regularly, and all details for the outing during the Christmas holidays are well advanced, ' ' At the recent practical music examinations in connection \vmi,lhe Trinity College, London, the four candidates presented by the Sisters of Mercy, Lyttelton, were successful :— Senior (piano), Florence Henaghan, 69 ; Intermediate (piano), Gabriehe McEvedy, 74 ; Junior (piano), Sylvia Le Lievre, 69 ; Preparato y (distinction), Mary Kotlowski, 89. On Thursday morning Mr. Mark Hambourg, the famous pianist, visited the Sacred Heart Convent and afforded the Sisters of the Mission and their high school pupils an opportuinty of listening to a delightful recital in the convent schoolroom. Mr. and Mrs. Hambourg were received by the Rev. Mother Provincial and ' Rev. Mother Prioress and Very Rev. Father Price, Adm. On taking her seat Mrs. Hambourg was --ipproached by one of the little girls and presented with a beautiful bouquet. Several of the Sisters oLJVJercy and Sisters of Nazareth also availed themselves of the kindness extended of hearing the great artist. Mr. Hambourg played the first and last movements of the ' Moonlight Sonata ' magnificently, and aiso gave Chopin's ' Ballade ' and the magnificent transcription by Liszt of Mendelssohn's "Wedding March.' At the close the Very Rev. Father Price expressed to Mr. Hambourg the"heartfelt thanks of the community for tlie treat he had so generously afforded them. They were debarred from hearing the great artists of, the world who visited Chrislchurch, and therefore such a splendid performance they had heard would remain 'as a pleasant memory to them for all time. To the children of the school it was an object lesson of the highest~possible nature. Mr. Hambourg- in place of replying verbally played a ' Berceuse * by Chopin. At the conclusion of the recital Mr. J. M. Campbell, a talented comedian now on tour, delighted the audience with a few 6f his best stories, given in a style all his own, which"" have made him not alone popular but eminent in the profession After the recital given in the convent on Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. * Mark Hambourg were entertained to lunch by the Very Re\\ Father Price, together with a party consisting of the Rev. Fathers Cooney, Richards, O'Haia, and Rev. Dr. Kennedy, Mrs. Lance, Mrs. Jones, Mr, F. Tait, Mr. J. M. Campbell, Mr. Baeycrtz, Mr. R. A. "Home, and Mr. G. R. Hart/