CATH

Wairarapa Daily Times, 20 April 1935, Page 4

CATH

'nos morniim ■■; •■■ The inauguralFederated Catholic, CIjMV; v-j *- iv'-'h;'' J of N.Z., to' be held, in opened in Mastgrtoh The president of the olio Club (Mr W. Orange) opened the conference and hearty welcome to the visiting/)'deiegates, also to Mr J. E. Ryan, of; Wellington, the official ■ representative. ,d|thc N.Z. Executive. •’ Mr Orange expressed his club’s plea-' sure that delegates from so far afield as Auckland and Hamilton had favoured them with their presence, and also congratulated the executive on their choice of a man of Mr Ryan’s ability to represent the Executive. The annual report of the Executive Committee, when submitted to delegates, showed the great advancement already made in the South Island, and the success which attended its initial and subsequent efforts. At the initial conference and competitions held in 1928 at Dunedin, the number of teams present was only three, whilst at this year’s gathering at Greymouth no less than fourteen clubs would be represented.

On the motion of Mr J. M. Murphy (Hamilton) it wasjiinanimously decided to form a North Island Branch of the N.Z. Federated Catholic Clubs and Societies of N.Z., to apply for affiliation with the parent body, and to adopt a system of rules for the control and proper conduct of future conferences and competitions in the North Island. Hamilton delegates applied for permission to stage next year’s conference and competitions, and it was unanimously decided that Hamilton would be the •< >nue of the second annual North Island conference and competitions. It was decided to telegraph fraternal greetings and best wishes for success to the South Island conference and competitions, which opened in Greymouth this morning. The conference adjourned until 9-.30 o’clock on Monday morning. LUNCHEON TO DELEGATES.

At the official luncheon tendered the visiting delegates, the president, Mr W. Orange, introduced the Rev. Father Moore, who officially welcomed the visitors and expressed the pleasure he experienced in meeting such a fine body of people congregated together in furthering the aims and ideals of Catholic action. He wished every success to the conference, and sincerely hoped that its influence would not only be lasting, but have the effect of moulding them into citizens of which not only the church but the whole State would be proud. Messrs J. M. Murphy (Hamilton) and R. O ’Rourke (Auckland) replied on behalf of the visiting clubs, acknowledging the welcome and expressing the wish that the event would become an annual one.

Mr J. E. Ryan replied on behalf of the N.Z. Executive, intimating tlieir pleasuro at the inauguration of a North Island branch, and expressing the hope that it would gain in strength and popularity until it had attained even a greater measure of success than had till now attended the South Island. He congratulated Hamilton on their decision to hold the conference next year, and wished them the success their , enterprise deserved. ~ ;