Palmerston North

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 1, 7 January 1925, Page 30

Palmerston North

(Prom our own Correspondent.): . //'/;/■. January 2. ' Again the ladies’ branch of the-St. Vincent ;: de Paul Society, must; have its name placed . on the roll of well-doers; and again the Old - . People’s Home .was the scene of .the well-*’ doing. A Christmas party, this time organised- by the ladies’ secretary (Mrs. Leydon). All concerned enjoyed themselves im- : mensely. / " . i'jZ? Christmas has gone, but the memory of the Midnight Mass; the crowded congregation; the beautiful singing; and the seem- ~ ingly endless stream of communicants will;// linger long in the minds of the people. .Al-/;/ though this, little church seats about 350 people, 500 managed to squeeze ;in ; and, - judging by the numbers at the altar rails, all Palmerston appeared to be here. We-had / four Masses besides the Midnight; and in / 1 / the evening Rosary and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The festive season brought sorrow into two/;/ local homes. Mr., and Mrs. John'Holloway lost their little girl (Julia Mary) of 8 years; // and Mr. James Shcerin. was accidentally killed on the railway line at.Khandallah. What /|j a strange world it is! a tiny girl of 8 to /; whom life was an unopened book, dies peace-'~| fully in her bed amidst love .and comfort, and * an old man of 72 whose life-book, . in' the ordinary course of events,- would soon he finished from cover to cover, has to go-all' the way to Khan.dallah to meet his death on the railroad, and die desolate and unknown amidst , strangers. Mr. and Mrs. Holloway . and Mrs. Sheerin and 'family have the sincere sympathy of a11.R..1.P. Oh I where oh!_ where has the -summer'gone? oh ! . where oh I where can it be ?. Christmas Day was fairly , good until about 3 in the afternoon when -the weather became . dull and threatening. Boxing 7 Day dawned wet and miserable, but to /the delight -of race-go the sun shone out at 10 o’clock, and by the time the first race started ~the ./; ground was beginning to dry a little. At mid-day on Saturday the / rain came down . again,- and .the afternoon was a real “soak-A , er.” ■ Sunday was a half-hearted sort of /a day; when it wasn’t drizzling it was cloudy and bleak. An aeroplane hovering over the town took our eyes , and likewise our thoughts. from the water and mud for the time being*/; On Monday afternoon the skies opened upow"us; and Tuesday came to life with misty rain. We had heavy showers on Wednesday morning, but dearie me ! this will'never do! the Beautifying Society will be "having me "-I up” - for. /uglyfyin the district in the of the; world. When it isn’t raining . it’s fine, so cheerio !'. and lets he thankful !■’;