Sr. BENEDICT'S CATHOLIC CLUB, AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 11 January 1912, Page 43

Sr. BENEDICT'S CATHOLIC CLUB, AUCKLAND

(From the club correspondent.) < . _ The first annual reunion of the' members nf Qf Benedicts' Catholic Club was held cub root or, the evening of Friday, December 22. AmonVK present were Rev. Fathers Carran (chaplain) S Did r 1 'n? 1 rep f sentatives of the ffiSi P esS (Mi t ehUnga Catholic Club -T 6 president (Mr J. G Foy) occupied the chair. Musical' items were ably rendered by the following :-Metis J Fernandez, Smith, Hill, F. Foreman, A Hynet L and er F R - Fa i hero L. O'Malley Tg! Hence %T*?' F ? qUent enc -es testified to excellence of the items. Several toasts were honored, dent '1 Pi 6 Md Ki »Z> Prosed by tL p est dent, the Chaplain' (Mv T T ThV.,.i \ <t^- p , clubs' (Mr G O'DwvS 'il « J• S g) ' Kmdred T .OMalley), the Press ' (Mr. - Benedict's Club ' ' (Mr' L OMalley), the Press ' (Mr. A. J principal items of the Programme, however was Si completion of the oratorical contest for ?£'« J£i given by the Federated a special prize donated by the committee. The congest was held, some three or four weeks ago, and on that occasion Messrs. A. J. Fernandez and A. Rose tied witl 90 points each, so these f gentlemen were reqiiestelS try again. The Rev. Father O'Farrell LIS n ffi if j : as judge, and he placed Mr. Fe^Se^wb. ft as his subject 'Abraham Lincoln 'first w fboo P Mr Rose" ('Florence Nightingale > obt£& Hffi" The judge complimented the contestants on " lence of their speeches, and remarked upon the improve" ment on their previous efforts P . impiove-

The judge's decision was unquestionably the correct one, for Mr. Fernandez delivered a very good speech indeed. Mr. Rose was somewhat nervous, and consequently he was unable to do himself full justice. Both speakers are to be highly complimented on their efforts when it is stated that this was the first occasion that they ever took part in anything of the kind. During the evening Mr. D. Slade, who has been in charge of the billiard room for some three years, and who quite recently resigned from his position, was the recipient of a very handsome salad bowl from the members. During his term of office Mr. Slade did yeoman service in the interest of the club,, and his loss is very keenly felt. Mr. J. Duggan (lion, treasurer), the winner of the last billiard tournament, was presented with a valuable cue and case. A very pleasant evening was. ended by the singing of ' Auld lang syne,' and ' God save the King.'