Napier

New Zealand Tablet, 12 June 1919, Page 18

Napier

(From our own correspondent.) June G. ife. Mrs. H. Burns, of Clive, left, last week for Wellington, en route to Ireland, on an extended holiday visit. She sails by the Moana, and will be accompanied by her son, Mr. Leo Burns. WZrJ- It is the intention of the combined congregations of St. Patrick’s and St. Mary’s churches to hold a bazaar towards the end of the year, for the purpose of raising funds to erect a new parish school. The .various societies will each be in charge of a stall. A concert is being held at the Convent shortly for the purpose of augmenting the funds for the Convent stall. | At the Easter Competitions at Napier the Convent pupils were very successful, and gained the prizes in nearly all the musical sections, The positions in the various grades were as follow :—Church choirs, Ist and. 2nd; school choirs, 1st■ action song's, Ist and 2nd;

piano (champion contest), 2nd piano (under 18), r Ist and 2nd; piano (under 16), Ist; piano (under 14), 2nd; piano (under 12), Ist and 2nd; piano duet (open), 2nd; piano duet (under 16), Ist and 2nd.

On the afternoon' of May 22 an outbreak of fire occurred at the Napier Convent, but fortunately without serious, results. The fire started in a clothes cupboard in the main dormitory, but the origin- is a mystery, as there were no children about the wards, and matches are not used. It was at first , thought the fusing of an electric wire may have been the cause, but that was not so. The fire brigade promptly responded to , a call, but the Sisters, with the aid- of buckets of water, had the outbreak well in hand by then. Had the fire gained »a hold the consequences would have been serious, as the building is a wooden one, and the- water supply available is not adequate for firefighting purposes.

The impressive ceremony of the reception of new members into the Sodality of Children of Mary took place at the Napier Convent Chapel on Sunday, May 25. Our Lady’s Altar was beautifully decorated for the occasion. There was a large and representative gathering of the Children of Mary, and Convent boarders. Prior to the reception Father Tymons delivered an appropriate discourse on Our Blessed Lady,, and impressed on his hearers the great honor it was to become a member of the sodality and a Child of Mary. Fourteen members and 20 aspirants were then received into the sodality. The “Are Marie Stella” and other hymns, in honor of Our Lady, were beautifully rendered by the boarders and Sisters.

Mr. Denis Crowley, an old and respected resident of Clive for the last 40 years, was killed in a motor accident at Clive on Sunday last. When crossing the road, deceased was run into by a motor car driven by a young returned soldier, lie was run over by the car, and sustained injuries which subsequently proved fatal. Deceased, who was a native of Co. Cork, Ireland, arrived in New Zealand 46 years ago, and for some time worked on the railway at Clive, subsequently settling at Clive, where he resided till the time of his death. A man of upright character and great warm-hearted-ness, he was greatly esteemed throughout the district, lie was a keen follower of all outdoor sports, and his family likewise follow in his footsteps. To his four sous and six grown-up daughters deepest sympathy is extended. At the inquest on deceased a verdict was returned that the driver had done everything to avoid the accident. —R.I.P.