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New Zealand Tablet, 27 April 1911, Page 761

regard, and would entrust to the congregation the pleasing duty of expressing its sentiments of appreciation. The Rev. Father O'Dwyer then asked Mr. John Wilson to speak on behalf of the parishioners. Mr. Wilson referred to the difficulties experienced by Father Daly coming almost fresh from ordination to an important centre, and a widely scattered parochial district, and especially at a time when great energy and administrative ability were needed, owing to the serious illness and subsequent death of the pastor, Father O'Meara. Tha manner in which Father Daly accomplished his arduous tasks and seemingly endless duties had won not alone their love and admiration, but their enduring gratitude and appreciation. Mr. Wilson alluded to the comfort and consolation afforded Father O'Meara who, when lying in death's grasp at the Mater Misericordioj Hospital, knew that the people he loved so well were being carefully tended by hi* zealous curate. He spoke of the recently constituted parochial district of Upper Hutt, which, as a centre of Catholic activity, was nearly as old as the European settlement of the Dominion itself, to which Father . Daly had been appointed the first resident parish priest. He wa9 confident that Father Daly would follow closely in the footsteps of those heroic men of God —the early missionary Fathers,— had there spent long years of laborious toil, and whose memories were held in the deepest veneration. Wishing Father Daly very many years of health and strength in the sacred ministry and complete success in all his undertakings for the glory of God and advancement of the Church, Mr. Wilson asked Father Daly's acceptance of a purse of sovereigns as a slight return for duties well and faithfully accomplished. R?v. Father Daly, in feeling terms, thanked most sincerely his late parishioners for their kindly thoughtfulness in promoting such an enjoyable gathering, and especially for that one more tangible proof of the generosity of the people of the district. He assured them of the affection he had for the people in that, the first scene of his priestly duties. Refreshments were provided, and tho Misses Shortall, who made the arrangements for the social gathering and entertainment of the visitors, are very cordially thanked for, and complimented on the result.