CONVENT’S JUBILEE.

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 57, 30 November 1929, Page 23

CONVENT’S JUBILEE.

CELEBRATION SERVICES.

By Telegraph.—Press Association.

Tima.ru, November 28.

Services celebrating the jubilee of the Convent of the Sacred Heart were held to-day and were attended ny leaders of the Roman Catholic Church' of New Zealand in addition to a large number of priests f rom all-parts of-, the Dominion. There-, -were several- -pres- > ent who had attended-the ceremony- -of ■ laying the foundation stone fifty- years-. • ago, notably Archbishop Redwood, who performed the ceremony. A striking tribute was’paid to the" great work the nuns had accomplished. At the opening of the Convent/there were fifty pupils, but to-day the roU'' number was 230.

Pontifical High Mass was celebrated in the morning, Bishop Brodie (Christchurch)'. being, the celebrant. ' A stirring address was delivered by . Archbishop Redwood jn the. afternoon, at a big open-air function held by the Convent Old. Girls’ Association,, at . which commemorative. medals were. presented-to the ladies who were pres- ■ ent at the laying of the foundatfon.. stone. . i ■ In the evening Sacred Heart. School.. old girls and St Anne’s Guild made presentations to the nuns, in recogni-. tion of the--work being done at the Convent ’ ■ ■ -. WELLINGTON ROSE SHOW. At the Wellington - Rose • Show -much .- interest was taken in the ladies’ ed tables. These were, first judged by the. judge, whose decision was. .not an- ' nounccd until after the show, and also by popular ballot. Thirteen tables were entered. . The results were as follow: — Mrs. H. D. Bennett, No. 5, first judge, second popular vote; decorated with scarlet larkspur, pink sweet peas, statiee arid maidenhair fern. Miss M. Wilson, No. 11; First popular vote; decorated .with pink sweet pea, catmint, maidenhair-fern and ixias. Mrs. K. MacDonald, No. 13-; Second judge, third popular vote; decorated with Shirley poppies and London’s pride. The winner of the Wellington Challenge Trophy was Mr. J. Ball, Lower Hutt, not Mr. James-Bell, as reported before.-

The annual appeal is being' made firij Christmas gifts for the ex-soldier patients under treatment at the Pukeora Sanatorium. As in past years this work, is being attended to by ■ Mrs.- Margaret Mercer and other" Red Cross workers-in Dannevirke, who will collect the goods and deliver them to, the. sanatorium on December 18. ; Gifts of books,. playing cards, magazines, chessmen, cigarettes, matches, chocolate, gramophone records, cake, fruit or mon-ey donations -should be forwarded to Mrs. Margaret Mercer, 33 Alma Street, Dannevirke, by whom' • they w’ill-be gratefully received irr tha ■ name of the Red Cross ■ Society and delivered to the proper quarter. Through-.-out the year members -of the society pay their . regular visits to the patients, .. but at Christmas time, a. special appeal is made with a view, of introducing an extra ray of happiness into the lives of the men.

Our fathers fought for all we hold, Our mothers battled too. Their rugged health and' strong hearts bold, Builded for-me and you. - -■ They fought to give, us this fair. land, . To make our lives secure, - Thev, like ourselves, fight cough .and cold. With Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.— Advt. -j ,1 ' -