HIBERNIAN-AUSTRALASIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY, INVERCARGILL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 214, 1 June 1877, Page 13

HIBERNIAN-AUSTRALASIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY, INVERCARGILL.

++ St. Mart's Branch, No. 96

A special meeting of the above Branch, was held on Monday, May 14, 1877, for the purpose of opening a Juvenile Contingent in connection therewith. The President, Bro. John Keveney, was in the chair, and all the officers, and several past officers of the Branch, were present. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, the attendance of juveniles was not large; however, 13 were enrolled. The Rev. Father Higgins, Treasurer to the Branch, gave the opening address, which was very instructive. He explained several of the most important laws of the Society, which he assured the juveniles they were bound to obey. He exhorted them, in particular, to practice obedience to the laws of God and His Church, and to their parents and superiors, and also to the laws of the land, and by doing so they would become true Hibex*nians and respectable and useful citizens in every sense of the word. The following Juvenile officers were elected — Masters Thomas Anthony, President ; Thomas Tuohy, Vice-President; James Tr.xcey, Secretary; John O'Neil, Warden; John Maher, Guardian. Ifc was resolved that the Juveniles should meet on the same night as the Branch, but one hour earlier, in order to transact Juvenile business first. It is the intentention of the Branch, as soon as possible, to form a fife and drum band; and the Juvenile Secretary was instructed to write to Dunedin for information regarding it. The meeting was closed in due form by the Eev. Father Higgins reciting The Angelv.s.