Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, 17 March 1921, Page 21

Timaru

(From our own correspondent.) March 14. At the invitation of the local Regimental Band, the Invercargill Hibernian Band, while en route to the Nelson Contest, made a brief stay at Timaru, and, on last Thursday evening, performed a splendid programme of music in the Rotunda at Caroline Bay, in the presence of a very numerous gathering. The, popular appreciation of this fine band was evidenced by the fact that a collection towards its expenses realised <£24. The members of the Regimental Band most hospitably entertained the visiting bandsmen. At the close of the meeting on March 7 of the local branch of the Hibernian Society, a presentation was made to Rev. Father N. Moloney, S.M. (chaplain), prior to his departure from Timaru. The president (Bro. B. Conlon) spoke of Father Moloney’s highlyvalued services on behalf of the branch during the last twelve months, and asked him to accept a parting gift as a slight token of the esteem in which he is held by the members. Several speakers endorsed the remarks of the president, and Father Moloney heartily thanked the members for their kind expressions and useful present. About 50 members of the Hibernian Society, in regalia, approached the Holy Table at the early Mass in the Church of the Sacred Heart on last Sunday. Rev. Father Moloney, S.M. (chaplain), who was' celebrant, gave an instructive discourse on the life of St. Patrick, and complimented the branch on the good attendance of its members that morning at their halfyearly Communion. Rev. Brother Columbanus, Assistant-General of the Marist visited the local boys’ school last week, and was accorded a hearty welcome.