DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 16 August 1917, Page 27

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

On Wednesday (Feast of. the Assumption) Masses were celebrated in St. Joseph's Cathedral, at 6.30, 7, 8, and 11 : o'clock. In the evening there were devotions, followed by .Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. There were large congregations on all occasions. Mass was celebrated also at the-Sacred Heart Church, North-East Valley, and at Kaikorai and Mornington —suburban churches of the Cathedral parish. At the Oddfellows' Hall on a recent date (writes our Oamaru correspondent), the friends of Mr. J. F. Molloy met to tender him a farewell on the eve of his departure for Trenthain with the next reinforcements. Mr. J. Eadie presided. In making a presentation to Mr. Molloy, on behalf of the assembly, of a wristlet watch, Captain Redmond referred in eulogistic terms to the character and worth of their departing friend, and wished him God-speed and a safe and speedy return. Remarks in a similar vein of praise were made by many of those present. The recipient suitably replied, and thanked them for their present. News has been received from headquarters' by Mr. L. Clancy, Neville street, Parkside, that his son, Lieut. W. Sarsfield Clancy, is being invalided home. "Lieut. Clancy left with the Main Body, and has been in the firing line since the beginning of the war. He was wounded in the Gallipoli campaign, and has been in France since the New Zealand troops arrived there. He was awarded the Military Medal, and received his commission for bravery on the Somme battlefield. He has been again wounded at Messines, and was, on latest advice, in the WaltOn-on-Thames Hospital.