Westport

New Zealand Tablet, 17 August 1911, Page 1584

Westport

(From our own correspondent.)

August 10. In the final for the school banner competitions on Saturday last, St. Canice's School easily defeated the State School by 21 to nil. On Monday evening there was a good attendance of members and their friends at the meeting of the debating branch of St. Canice's Club, the Rev. Father McMenamin occupied the chair. . The subject set down for discussion, 'Would the affairs of the Harbor Board be better administered by an elective board?' provided an interesting and spirited debate. Mr. A. M. Kirby championed the affirmative, supported by Mr. T. Q. O'Brien, and Mr. J. Radford led for the negative, supported by Mr. J. Carmine. Messrs. R. Sproule, D. Driscoll, T. Rees, and F. Gorman also spoke. At the conclusion of the debate Rev. Father McMenamin congratulated the speakers on the excellent speeches made and on the marked improvement shown in the debate generally. A special feature of the meeting was the large attendance of ladies.