Wanganui

New Zealand Tablet, 15 May 1913, Page 25

Wanganui

(From our own correspondent.) May 10. The first of a series of socials, to be held at Aramoho, will begin on the 30th inst. The tenders for the new Catholic presbytery, to be erected m Campbell street were opened last night. The tender of Messrs. Husband and Son (£4194) was accepted. The plans for the building, which is to be a handsome structure of brick and concrete, were prepared by Mr. J. S. Swan, of Wellington. The work of erection will be commenced at an early date. The fortnightly meeting of the Hibernian Society was held last Tuesday evening, and notwithtsanding the boisterous weather it was largely attended. Bro. J. D. Dennehy resigned the position of warden; and Bro. J. Cronin was elected to fill the vacancy. The • balance sheet for the quarter ended March 25 was read and adopted, and the credits to the various funds are as follow:—Sick and funeral fund, £79 2s Id; management fund, £3 2s lid; benevolent' fund, £8 8s sd. The total membership now stands at 60. The secretary (Bro. W. R. Setter) gave an interesting report on the triennial movable meeting held recently at Napier, and at its conclusion he was accorded a vote of thanks. Palmerston North ________ \ (From our own correspondent.) l May 4. At the meetings of householders held throughout this district on Monday night last, the Federation were responsible in getting a Catholic on three out of four committees on the town schools: Mr. E. L. Broad at ! Terrace street; Mr. J. Gleeson, sen., College street, and Mr. A. Mahon at the Campbell Street School. At the election of borough councillors last Wednesday, the polling was one of the heaviest on record, and,.of 15 candidates, Mr. E. L. Broad was successful in obtaining the fourth position with over 1600 votes. Only two of the old councillors were returned. Whilst a great crowd awaited the various results, one of the , successful candidates (Mr. H. R. Woon) left his picture A show to announce that our late fellow townsman, recently married here, Mr. Ongley, has beaten Mr. Goodbiere for the Mayoralty of Feilding by five votes. The celebration of the centenary of Frederic Ozanam, the founder of St. Vincent de Paul Society was held on Sunday last, the members of the ladies' and men's branches approaching the Holy Table in a body at the 7.30 o'clock Mass. The Rev. Father S. Mahony was the occasional preacher at the 11 o'clock

Mass, and the evening service. The collection, which was taken up for the,society, realised £l4. The church was crowded at all the services. The quarterly meeting of the conference was held after Benediction in: the clubroom, and was largely attended by both branches, the Rev. Father Mahony addressed the members and gave a short outline* of the good work done by the conference at Wanganui.