Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, 24 July 1913, Page 35

Timaru

(From our own correspondent.)-.,, ~,„.■ Very Rev. Dean Tubman was confined to his room by a severe indisposition for some time last week. He is now, however, practically convalescent. ■'■■; ■-]: A representative meeting was held in the Borough Council Chambers on Wednesday afternoon last to take steps to 'fittingly recognise Mrs. Mangos' help to. musical culture in Timaru during the past twenty years. His Worship the Mayor presided. Mr. Nevill Smith, in a few appropriate words, stated the object of. the gathering. It was unanimously decided to tender Mrs. Mangos a complimentary concert at an early date, and a strong and enthusiastic committee was formed to carry out the project. .'%'" On Wednesday night the Catholic Hall, Brown street, was filled to the doors to hear a debate between the Catholic Young Men's Club and the Timaru Debating Society. The question to be decided was—' Is the settlement of international disputes by arbitration practicable?' Very Rev. Dean Tubman opened the proceedings, and called upon Mr. M. J. Doyle, who led for the Catholic Club. He was ably supported by Messrs. J. M. Dunne and T. Quinn. Mr. Patterson led for the other society, his supporters being Messrs. Jones and Roller. The speakers were given attentive hearings, and after the leaders had replied, Mr. W. D. Campbell, M.A., who acted as judge, pronounced in favor of the Catholic Club, both as regards the subject of the debate and oratorical effect. This evening the Catholic Club will be entertained by the Temuka Catholic Club at Temuka.

Palmerston North

(From our own correspondent.) July 20. On Sunday last there was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from the 11 o'clock Mass until after the evening devotions. ' The members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Children of Mary Confraternity approached the Holy Table in a body at the 7.30 o'clock Mass to-day. The quarterly meeting of "the St. Vincent de Paul Society was held after the evening devotions to-day. There was a fair attendance, and the president (Bro. F. J. Oakley) addressed the members. , On last .Monday, at the close of the usual business of the Catholic Federation, the gentlemen gave a return social to the ladies. The programme consisted of progressive euchre, at the close of which light refreshments were handed round.

The efforts of the collectors under the new card system, inaugurated for the purpose of assisting in the liquidation of the , parish debt, have exceeded expectations, the sum of £55 being handed in. This is largely attributable to the ladies of the Federation assisting the men in collecting. The proceeds of the sacred concert in the Opera House on Sunday night last by the Williamson Company, in aid of the widow -and orphans of the late Mr. T. Gleeson, amounted to the respectable sum of £54 which, together with funds in hand from the social under the auspices of the H.A.C.B. Society and other donations, brings the fund to £BO. At a meeting of the committee, on last Tuesday, Messrs. W. Devine and M. J. Kennedy were appointed trustees with power to disburse the funds in the best way possible.