DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 1 May 1913, Page 35

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

To-day (Ascension Thursday) Masses were celebrated at St. Joseph's Cathedral at 6.30, 7, 8 and 11 clock. * His Lordship Bishop Verdon will make a visitation of Wrey s Bush on Sunday, when he will solemnly bless the new convent and administer the Sacrament of Confirmation. r>^ A meeting of all interested in the lecture on the Bible-in-schools question by his Lordship Bishop Cleary which is to be delivered in the Garrison Hall on Friday evening, May 16, will be held in the Board Room of His Majesty's Theatre on Friday evening The object of the meeting is to make the necessary arrangements for the lecture. 6

The programme at the meeting of the Catholic Men's Club on Monday evening consisted •of songs, recitations, and impromptu addresses on current topics. Rev. Father Buckley (president) was in the chair, and there was an attendance of about thirty members. -The president's inaugural address, to which the members of the congregation are invited, will be delivered on next Monday evening in St. Joseph's Hall. The subject of the address will be Dante and the Divina Commedia;' which will be illustrated by limelight views. Judging by last year's inaugural' address, which was most instructive, that on Monday night should prove a literary treat. " »"■ Lieutenant McKeefrey, who paraded as an officer for the first time on Monday evening with A "Company (writes Skirmisher in the Evening Star), is a young man of much promise. He has shown conspicuous ability since joining the Territorial force. He served for some considerable time as a sergeant of the Hibernian Cadets before joining A Company as a private. He has by hard work gradually worked himself up to the position of sergeant, and was lately recommended for a commission, and has now been gazetted. Though working hard all day and studying for his professional examinations, Mr. McKeefrey has always carried out his military duties thoroughly, and is an example to those who complain of want of time for training that ' where there's a will there's a way.' : A very successful production of the drama A" Web of Fate,' in aid of the furnishing of one of the stalls at the forthcoming bazaar, was given in St. Joseph's Hall on Wednesday evening of last week. The play was staged by the Dunedin Dramatic Company under the direction of Mr. P. L. Davies, and, judging by the frequent applause, it met with the full appre-ciation-of the large audience. The following was the cast of the principal characters: —Gerald Arkwright Mr. Bradey; Reuben Tredgold, Mr. W. Sutherland; Frederick Larkins, Mr. Bastings; Anthony Arkwright Mr. F. W. Moore; Kate Arkwright, Miss Elsa OttoMeg Iredgold, Miss Ethel Lees, and Norah Arkwright Miss Helen Lees. The fallowing also took part in the play:—Misses W. Manning, R. Alexander, Isabella McKechnie, and Moura Otto, and Messrs. C Crane G. R. Wilson, H. Carr, and F. Northcote. The performers were letter-perfect in their parts, and where opportunity offered displayed very good dramatic power, a feature of the production being the excellent enunciation of all the performers. The scenery, which was very appropriate, painted by Mr. C. A. Abbot who also discharged theVduties of stage manager The piece was well staged, and the performers showed that they had a true conception of the requirements of their respective parts. It was an ambitious undertaking, and the management is to be congratulated on the successful result. • •