Wanganui

New Zealand Tablet, 20 May 1915, Page 26

Wanganui

. ■ (From our own correspondent.) J -...'■ ' ■■•-■ --■■. ■.-■■■ - May 14. Rev. Father Moloney/ S.Ml', who had been with the [ men in camp at Waverley for the . past fortnight, turned home on-Friday. .-.:•-:: v The usual fortnightly meeting of the H.A.C.B. Society was held in St." Joseph's Hall on last Wednesday evening, Bro. A. J. Fitzgerald presiding. Three candidates were proposed, and two members initiated. ''"' A very enthusiastic meeting of the Aramoho parishioners was held after the 9 o'clock Mass on last Sunday. The object was to devise ways and means for liquidating the debt on that part of the parish. Very Rev. Dean Holley, S.M., presided. . The proposal to hold a bazaar at Christmas was received with much enthusiasm. In the evening a similar meeting was held in St. Joseph's Hall, when it was unanimously decided to give all the assistance possible to the proposal. Word was received on Saturday last of the death of Private W. J. Griffiths, "of the Wellington Infantry Battalion, who succumbed to wounds received during action at the Dardanelles. Private Griffiths was among the first to enlist, leaving with the main body for Egypt. Prior to joining the Expeditionary Force he was attached to the local clerical staff of Messrs. Levin and Co., of which firm he was a very popular member. He was a good Catholic, and a member of the H.A.C.B. Society. The late Private Griffiths was born at Westport in 1889. His father, Mr. W. J. Griffiths, sen., of Glen Durie, who saw considerable service in the Maori war, survives to mourn the loss of his only son.-R.I.P.