VERY REV. FATHER KEO'GH.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 144, 19 June 1909, Page 6

VERY REV. FATHER KEO'GH.

"SEND-OFF" BY THE RESIDENTS OF EASTBOURNE. The Very Rev. Father Keogh has for years been a weekly visitor to Eastbourne, anu when it becarao known that he \va3 leaving tho district, residents o{ all creeds expressed a desira to do him honour. It was deoicted to mako him a presentation and entertain him at a complimentary concert and "social." The esteem in which Father Keogh is held by the residents of Eastbourne was amply demonstrated by the largo and representative garnering which assembled in tho Day's Bay pavilion last evening. The Mayor of t Eastbourno (Mi. John Barr) presided, and among an assembJage numbermg over 200 persons tho following wero noticed : — Mt. A. L. Herdman, M.P., Mr. C. P. and Miss Skerrett, Dr. Vaiintino, Mr. R. 'lurnbull, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Holworthy, Mr. and Mrs. F. Wills, and Mr. AY. V. bhortt. Apologies wero read from his Lordship Bishop Wallis, Messrs T. M. Wilfcrd, F. G. Bokon, Dr. Cahill, Mr. Maitm Kennedy, and others. After a fine concert programme, contributed to by MeEdames Stevens and Kolly, ilisses yamcon Ro3!- % Guthrie, and Drio coll, Mes&rs. Shortt, Gulhrie, Roberts, Kelly, Harris, Baker, and Ilowaid, the members of the committeo assembled on the stage, and Messrs. A. L. Herdman and J. P. Kelly expressed, on behalf of tho residents, the jjreat esteem in which Father Keogh is held, and tho general regret that is felt at his departure; The Mayor, in presenting Father Keogh witi^ a handsome massive marble clock, spoke in most appreciative terms of Father Keogh's lifelong labour and good work in the cauna of religious, educational, and social advancement, and stated that the presentation showed tho good wishes and kindly feelings of tho whole community In reply, Father Keogh desired to thank all for tha splendid send-olf they wero giving him, and also for their handsome and costly prosout, which would servo to remind him of tho many happy days ho had spent at Eaßtboiu-no. An adiournment was then made to the supper room, after which a most enjoyable dance followed The clock was inscribed as follows:— "Presented to the Very Rev. Father Keogh, by tho residents of Eastbourne and adjacent bays, on the occasion of his departure from the .district. June, 1909." A resident _&f Levin, Air. Hudson, auctioneer^ desiring to engage a handy man, put an advertisement in The Post recently. He discovered two facts — . one that very many men were eager to get tho position, and the other thu,t Tho Post had a very extensive circulation. The replies, came from all parts, and he estimated that tho applications must have totalled about two hundred. Tho same advertiser enquired, through Tho Post, fpr a governess, and replies arrived from practically all quarters oil New Zealand. — fnvercargill and Auckland, Napier and New Plymouth, and the towns between. Addressing the editor of The Post in the language of the Cercle Litteraire Fi'ancais, "Un Membre'' takes exception to the tone of address recently delivered at a reunion on the subject of "The Paris Strike." He complains that the lecturer's description was "icy-cold and drab," and was ribt in the best of taste, when it is remembered that tho Cer-cle embraces folk of diverse views in such matters. The correspondent hopes that in future tho committee will take pains, in advance, to ascertain the general nature of addresses on controversial subjects, if it wishes to preserve the original idoal of the club which was to promote friendly gatherings..