DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, 19 November 1908, Page 24

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From Our Own Correspondent.)' ' November x6. Canterbury's great annual event, ' People's day ' of the Metropolitan Show, on Friday last proved yet another breaker of records". The weather was almost everything to be desired, which, together with the splendid display itself, was the means of attracting the enormous attendance of about 35,000 patrons, whilst the day's financial takings considerably exceeded those of any previous year. All this goes to prove the prosperous condition of the country. Mass was celebrated at the church of Our Lady Star of the Sea at Sunmer at eleven o'clock on last Sunday in the presence of a fair congregation of residents and visitors. The Very Rev. Father Price, Adm., who was celebrant, directed attention to the improvements recently effected in the church grounds and enclosures, and other matters of interest relating thereto.