Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, 28 December 1911, Page 2643

Timaru

(From oar own correspondent.)

December 26.

The Rev. Father Quinn, of St. Bede's Collegiate School, is a guest of the Very Rev. Dean Tubman at the Priory. Mrs. C. Byrne, of Pleasant Point, has generously given a magnificent sanctuary lamp to the new church. The cost is well over £SO, and both in design and material is worthy of the sacred edifice.

The sanctuary was tastefully adorned for the Chrismas festival, the altar and immediate surroundings• getting the chief attention. The early Masses were crowded, most of those present being communicants. Very Rev. Dean Tubman celebrated a Missa Cantata at 11 o'clock, and preached on the feast of the? day. The choir, under the baton of Mr. Croxford;with Miss Eileen Dennehy at the organ, rendered Gounod's Mass of St. Cecilia with devotional effect, the solos being taken by Mesdames J. G. Venning and Lynch, and Messrs. Jordan and Jefferson. Miss G. Atkinson, L.T.C.L., gave an enjoyable At home to her pupils and parents in the Stafford Tea Rooms last week. A large number availed themselves of the invitation, and a delightful musical programme was rendered by the pupils, many of the.young soloists being recalled. Afternoon tea was served and much appreciated. The Ven. Archdeacon Harper, who has been the leading figure in the Anglican Church in South Canterbury almost since its inception, is now retiring to the Old Country. He was farewelled at a public meeting of citizens on Friday evening and presented with a purse containing upwards of £4OO sovereigns. The Very Rev. Dean Tubman took a prominent part in the function, recognising the Archdeacon's devoted public spirit and private worth, and it was generally admitted that his speech was the most brilliant delivered that evening. •