NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12769, 15 April 1910, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Memtwrs of . the Oper&tio and Dramatic Society wiflina to take part in the comedy, fS|rJiiD>"' are requested to let the secretary blow without delay.- ■ "• ■^ / . ■ ' .-- ;.-. ' . . . At Auckland, on. Saturday, the Sifters of Mercy, St. M»ry'i*Conventi celebrated the diamond jubilee of the Order in that city. On 9th April, 1850, Bishop Pompallier, with seven Sisten of. Mercy, under the guidance of Rev. Mother Cecelia Maher ? landed in Auckland, whioh ii described by Mother '..Cecilia . Maher, in one of her letters, »s "a singular looking town, partly in c ralley and partly straggling up » hill, wooden nouses, streets marked, and, grass every wherel?' The enterprising band of Siiters left t>ub-. Jin on Bth August, 1849, for London, 'jirayelleid th»noo "to : Antwerp, from fch'i^p'lace: they, embarked on 27th: 'August;:i&-"tb.e. ship :^ceanica. After a longana'periions journey they landed in guests,for Eever*rd».vs"of %h«^Benedießne Sisters.' -A quiet sail of 8»ni« weeks brought thenrto Auckland; which th»y -sighted on 7th April, "18*. On : tibe.9th ft*. Sistere baa* ««skil6 the Oce'anica, and l»nd«tf •■ «• toi*kv: wkere aß'the'in-" hil»i^H<M»i»*^ii'«.th«.m. ; fhe ii|bii^n«if ;trorli f.«"- thff-'Siiter,s of Tiejey (ki* wefi fetnwi. The parent hbuse^-Si. :Mary*a Content, ' Pon sonhy j— take» iti plaoe'«npngst th« educ*;