Greymouth

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6, 11 February 1909, Page 224

Grey mouth

(From an Occasional Correspondent.) !» order to encourage the study of Irish history, the local Hibernian Society awards annually a valuable gold medal. This year the coveted prize was won by Terence Joseph Deero. Very Rev. Dean Carew (Greymouth), local secretary of Trinity College, London, received intimation a few days ago that the Home authorities lia-ve awarded a national prize of £5 to Miss Helena Higgins. This young lady, tho eldest daughter of Mr. John Higgins, Grey County engineer, obtained senior honors in -theoretical and practical music at the early age of fourteen. In theory she ob™n ie iir- ' ££ d in P ianoforfc e Playimg 91 out of a possible lUU. Miss Higgins is a pupil of the Sisters of Mercy, Greymouth. ' J The list of successful candidates in the Junior Civil Service examinations held last December includes the names of seven pupils of the local Catholic schools conducted by the Marist Brothers and Sisters of Mercy. These successful candidates are Terence J. Deere, James McGlone, John Hi K - gins, pupils of the Marist Brothers, and Helen G. Russell Irene Braidwood, Ellen O'Leary, Mildred H. Vealie, pupils of the Sisters of Mercy. Miss Helen Russell was also sue cessful in passing the matriculation examination held last December. Terence Joseph Deere, James McGlone, and John Higgins secured second, third, and sixth places respectively on the local list.