Occasional Notes.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 26, Issue 349, 26 December 1879, Page 14

Occasional Notes.

The Archbishop Bishop of Auckland arrived at Auckland on Tuesday last. The Catholics of the city accorded him a public recep. tion at St. Patrick's Cathedral, where several addresses were delivered. We await the arrival of the mail for further particulars.

Me. J. J. Ceopts's lecture ia aid of the suffering poor in Ireland will be delivered at the Temperance Hall, Dunedin, on Wednesday next, 31st inst. It is not necessary for us to urge upon the Catholics of Dunedin the desirableness of their attendance on the occasion in question, or invite them to exert themselves to secure the attendance of their friends ; we are persuaded they are already most anxious to do all that lies in their power to contribute towards the relief of their less fortunate fellow-countrymen. We publish in another column some details of the present state of Ireland. We have selected them not because of any peculiar feature of sadness attached to them, for they are no worse than many others with which the columns of' the Irish Press are teeming ; we have taken them at random as an exemplification of the terrible distress that is now general. But who can read them without an aching heart ? It is with the intention of doing a little towards the relief of their distress that Mr. Crofts's lecture is about to be delivered, and we need say no more in order to recommend it, not only to Irishmen and Irishwomen, but to all our fellow townsmen who are actuated by the feelings of benevolence and they we know are very many. Neither is it needful to speak of the ability of the lecturer ; it is well kown, and of itself no doubt would be sufficient to attract a crowd. The subject also is a most interesting one, and everything combines to afford strong reasons why we should expect to see a crowded house on the occasion referred to. We beg to acknowledge the receipt from Mr. Thomas Gartland Dunedin, of £1, towards the Irish Relief Fund. A The second number of the " New Zealand Magazine " contains a pretty selection of songs, pieces, and dancing music, for the pianoforte. It is published at the price of one shilling by Messrs. West and Co. Princes street, Dunedin. The Irish Australian Almanac for 1880 has now been issued by the proprietors of the Advocate printing office, Melbourne. It is as usual well turned out, and contains a vast amount of useful inform*, tion. It may be had of Mr. Macedo, of Princes street, Dunedin We beg to draw the attention of our readers to the prospectus of the College of St. Aloysius, Waikari, to be found in another column

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