Occasional Notes.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume VII, Issue 352, 16 January 1880, Page 14

Occasional Notes.

The Christian Brothers' School, Dunedin will re-open on Monday next, 19th inst. By the s.s. Australia which reached Auckland from San Francisco on Monday last there arrived six Sisters of the Order of the Sacred Heart, bound from Chicago to Timaru, for the purpose of founding a convent in the town last named. The Eev. Father Chataigner has for some years been preparing for this foundation, and we are happy in congratulating him on its immediate accomplishment. We further desire to bid the good Sisters a hearty welcome to our shores. The select school of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, conducted by the Sisters of Notre Dame des Missions, Christchurch, will re-open on Monday 26th inst. St. Joseph's Girls' School, Dunedin, will re-open on Monday next 19th inst. The Convent High School will resume studies on February 2nd. We have received the following sums towards the Irish Relief Fund :— Kev. Father Crowley, £1 Is ; Mr. W. O'Connell, £1. His Worship, the Mayor of Dunedin, has called a public meeting to be held this evening for the purpose of devising means towards the relief of the distress in Ireland. It is much to be desired that the call may be heartily responded to, and our belief is that such will prove to be the case. The people of Otago are ne\er backward in their good will to assist misfortune under whatever form it may appeal to their sympathies, and in the present instance we are persuaded they will not be foand wanting. There is no need for us to impress upon our Irish fellow-citizens the special necessity that exists for their interesting themselves in this undertaking. We are aware that they are already most anxious to do their utmost in the matter, and have only been waiting until a fitting opportunity of doing so should offer itself to them. Such an opportunity will now be presented to them, and they will certainly avail themselves of it. We are requested to acknowledge on the part of the Dominican Sisters the receipt of remittances in connection with their Art Union from Mr. John Eussell, Southland ; Miss Rose Dillon, Taieri ; Messrs. J. Halley, Kumara ; James Frost, Waimate ; Michael Rooney, Invercargill; T. O'Connor, Waimate ; John Gorman, Invercargill. Miss M. A. Ryan. Kanieri ; Mr. Denis Ryan, Canoe Creek.