Palmerston North

New Zealand Tablet, 19 June 1913, Page 36

Palmerston North

pA! ' (From our own correspondent.) A - A June. 15. >T The third round of the Friendly Societies’ card tournament was. played on Thursday at the Oddfellows’ Hall., The Hibernians beat the Loyal Manawatu by 32 ;to 2q. They have won all their games and are leading for the shield with 6 points. The half-yearly meeting of the H.A.C.B. Society will be held on Tuesday next, when there will be a nomination of officers for the ensuing,term. Next Sunday will be the day for the general Communion of the members of the society and the choir.

The parish committee met after 11 o’clock Mass to-day to consider the various tenders for the Father Costello memorial. - The local tender of - Mr. Leslie McMinn was accepted, A Celtic cross, 11 feet high, with marble tablets, will take the place of the old wooden cross at present in the centre of-the circular plot granted by the Borough Council for the burial place of our parish, clergy and religious. The whole will be surrounded by an ornamental octagon wall, at a total cost of £70.., The memorial trustees contribute £35 towards the cross, the balance in hand being held at interest for a marble'pulpit to Father Costello’s memory in the new church. A very successful social and concert were held in the Town Hall, Ashhurst, on Wednesday evening in aid of the St. Columba’s Church funds. Visitors ' were present from Palmerston, Pohangina, and Raumai. Songs were contributed by Mesdames Hanlon and McKay, Miss Sumner, and Messrs. Chapman, Huill, Curtayne, Long worth, and Broad.. Master Shortall danced a Highland fling, and Mr. Havill gave an exhibition of skipping. The accompaniments were played by Mesdames Hanlon and McKay, Miss Rumble, and Mr. K. Oakley. Excellent refreshments were provided by the ladies of the parish. The whole affair reflected great credit on Miss McAllister and Mr. F. McCool, whose secretarial duties were well carried out. Temuka Very Rev. Father O’Connell, S.M., is on a brief visit to Temuka this week. -The local Catholic Club held a very successful euchre party on Tuesday evening last, the prizes being won by Miss Fitzgerald, and Mr.' A. Scott. A distressing accident happened in Temuka on Thursday afternoon last, when a young and popular postal, official, Mr. V. C'oira, met his death as the result of a collision between the South express and a motor cycle. The deceased was accorded a military funeral on Sunday, and it was one of the largest, if not the largest, that has taken place in Temuka, friends and sympathisers from all parts of the district being present.