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New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 2, 14 January 1925, Page 30

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(From our own Correspondent.) January 9. The annual concert of the pupils of St. Patrick’s School drew a very large attendance, and the Assembly Hall .was unable to fully accommodate the numbers avlis sought admission. ' The programme was a well-filled one, and the children acquitted themselves very creditably, a number of the items being heartily applauded. The year just concluded has, in many re-,

spects, been a most successful one for both St. Bride’s and St. Patrick’s Schools. Considerable improvements have been effected at St, Patrick’s School, where an up-to-date heating system provides a good deal of com- ( fort. The front portion of the grounds, too has now been asphalted, thus greatly improving the general neatness of the play area. The festival of Christmas was observed with more than ordinary ceremony this year, when the occasion was marked by the appearance of the beautiful crib which has lately been indented from-America. Rev. Father Walsh, from Australia, was present at the Christmas observances, preached to a large congregation at Midnight Mass. His Grace Archbishop Redwood was a. visitor to the parish during the week end, and on Sunday evening imparted the special Papal blessing. His Grace gave a very interesting resume of his travels to the recent Eucharistic Conference, and of his visit to Rome, being accorded a wonderful reception wherever he went.