WAIHI.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 61, 12 March 1915, Page 2

WAIHI.

Dr. Cleary, Roman Catholic Bifthop of | Auckland, visited Walhl on Tuesday even- ' Irip. and administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to ninety-nine candidate*. Be-, fore administering confirmation his Lord- i ship aeked nil children to repeat the words of- the please to abstain from all intoiicat- j ins drinks until twenty-one years of age. j Tie annual tnei-tlng of teachers Interested In basketball was held at the Central school on Tuesday afternoon. It >was decided tn form an association, and the following officers were elected:—Patron, Mr. Hα?Ward; president, Mr. V. Potter; vlce-prcel-dents, Messrs. C. tVllson, H. T. Gibson and •Dean; secretary and treasurer, Mr..J. H. I Harvey: committee,,one representative from each school. The secretary was Instructed to Write to Paeroa. Karangahake, Thames, and Te Aroh* offering mntch&s. The gift afternoon held on behalf of mem. bers'of thpUt-B Hanraki Regiment on active service and to assist the Belgian Fund fooU place at Ilollis' bush on, Wednesday afternonn. The response made ,to the call for gifts frtnl business people arid the public was (t*uerons, and rf.enlted In an nceumii--Jatlrtli of 1H pairs of socks, dozens of pocket fcnlvp*, pipes, tobacco, cigarpttes, 48 writing ! blocks. 32 packets of envelopes, tooth ' lirnshes, tooth handkert'hiefs. and a variety of 'other ußfful articles. Th-e estlninted value of ilir fiitts wae £19:13/8. CasH collertlons for afternoon and entries for sundry obmfletlflmifi anionnted to £11; which will be handed to the Belglen Relief Vnad. ' ■• • i