Invercargill

New Zealand Tablet, 31 August 1911, Page 1695

Invercargill

(From our own correspondent.) . August 28. The Invercargill Catholic Club intend holding a concert in. the Victoria , Hall on the 21st prox ' A feature of the programme will be.. several items' by the glee club which was inaugurated at the . beginning of the season. 6 *""*> Ul

> The Hibernian Band gave a very enjoyable promenade concert on Sunday afternoon at Rugby Park. There was a large attendance of the public, and a collection in aid of the funds of the band amounted to nearly, £7. At the conclusion of the concert, Conductor Wills presented Mr. T. McGrath, jun., with a handsome gold medal, suitably inscribed, in recognition of. his services as secretary to the band. Mr. McGrath is leaving for Christchurch to-day, and by his departure the band loses one of its most valued members.

I take the following from the personal column of to-day’s Southland Times: —On Friday evening, the 25th inst., in Mr. M. Carr’s rooms in the Federal Buildings, a pleasant little function took place, when Mr, T. Pound, the hon. secretary of. the committee who had in hand the arrangements in connection with the visit of the Irish envoy to Invercargill, was presented by the committee with a valuable travelling rug and a silver-mounted umbrella. Mr. Carr, in a happy speech, referred to the excellent result of the Invercargill meeting which, he said, was in a large measure due to the energy displayed by the secretary. Mr. Pound suitably replied, and remarked that the secretarial duties were to him a labor of love, and he had not looked for any such kind appreciation of the little he had done in the matter.