CATHOLIC FEDERATION

New Zealand Tablet, 24 June 1915, Page 36

CATHOLIC FEDERATION

v CHRISTCHURCH V DIOCESAN COUNCIL. ’ / ; '• From"our own correspondent. ’ 5 - . ’ The executive committee of' the ; Christchurch Diocesan Council met on last Wedxxesday evening in the ■Federation rooms, Wiltshire Buildings. /I The president (Mr. W. Hayward,/ jun.) presided, and* there- (were present Mr. J. R. Hayward - (vice-president), Mr. ■M. Garty (treasurer), and the secretary * ' A good deal of important business received attention. , Returns ’were -reported as having been received from the Timaru) Waimate, and Addington branches. An additional payment was made to the Trentham Catholic institute fund. Remits for consideration at the annual meeting'were received ,from several branches. A resolution was passed, and ordered to be sent to the Dominion executive, expressive of the appreciation of, and satisfaction at the excellent results attendant upon the recent organising tour of Mr. Girling-Butcher in Canterbury and Westland.

TIMARU. (From a correspondent.) The annual meeting of the members of the Timaru branch of the Catholic Federation was held on Sunday afternoon, June 12, in the parish hall. Dr. J. H. Loughnan (vice-president) presided over a fair attendance of parishioners. The annual report and balance sheet were read and adapted. Reference was made by several members present to the advisability of altering the constitution, abolishing diocesan councils, and giving parish committees direct representation on the Dominion Council. Several good reasons were given for the desired alteration, notice of which is already given as a remit from this branch. The election of six representatives to the parish committee resulted as follows : Messrs. T. Cronin, W. Cunningham, M. Hyland, M. O’Brien, T. W. Lynch, J. P. Leigh. Mr. William Cunningham offered valuable prizes for the best-kept school garden (boys and girls), for which he received a hearty vote of thanks. The chairman announced that the committee had decided to make a house-to-house canvass of the whole - parish on the block system, so as to ensure every Catholic being enrolled in the Federation. A hearty vote of thanks to the chairman terminated a very enthusiastic meeting.