Occasional Notes.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume VII, Issue 372, 4 June 1880, Page 15

Occasional Notes.

On Sunday last, the Sunday within the octave of the Festival of Corpus Chiisti, exposition of the Blessed Sacrament took place at St. Joseph's Church, Dunedin, commencing at the termination of the 11 a.m. Mass, and lasting till after Vespers, when a procession was formed. The order of the procession was the same as that observed on the Feast of Pentecost, the M&st Holy being again borne under the umbraculum by His Lordship the. Bishop of the Diocese. The Ceremonies with the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. The Dominican Sisters acknowledge ti;e receipt of subscriptions from the following ladies and gentlemen : — Mesdanies Mellor, Tinker's Gully ; McGuire, Maori Gully : B. Sullivan, Naseby. Miss Aitkins, Prahran, Melbourne. Messrs. T. Gallagher. Invercargill ; H. Toohill, Alexandra ; Murphy, Tinker's Gully ; J. Flynn, Red Jack's ; J. Loader, Lyttelton ; P. Lally, J. Hennery, No Town. We understand that the registration officer has removed many names of electors from the electoral roll. We believe, however, on the contrary, it is his duty to seek out electors and register their names ; but since this is a duty which we know has in several instances been neglected, we think it right to warn our readers to take care that their names are placed upon the roll. Every man who has been in the colony for twelve months, and resident six months in any electoral district, has a right to a vote. If he changes his residence he can transfer his name to the electoral roll of the district to which he removes, by obtaining a certificate testifying to his possessing the franchise from the registrar of the district in which he has been fi&terccl. It is the imperative duty of Catholic? especially to place nTmtmes upon the roll. The funeral of the late Mr. James Macassey took place in Dunedin on Wednesday labt. In accordance with the will of the deceased gentleman, it was strictly private. There was, however, a considerable attendance, amongst whom we noticed the Right Rev. the Anglican Bishop and his clergy, the Rev. Dr. Stuart, the Hon. H. S. Chapman, the Most Rev. the Catholic Bishop and the Rev. Father Purton, and several members of the legal and other professions. We accidentally omitted to mention in our notice of the annual general meeting of the N. Z. Tablet Company, in our last issue, that a dividend of ten per cent, on each share was declared. The prize list of the late Art Union in connection with St. Columbkille's Convent, Hokitika, will be found in another column.

The former patients of Dr. Cole will learn with pleasure that lie has resumed practice in Dunedin. Messrs. Watkins, M'Nally and Co., Maclaggau street. Dunedin. arc offering a market to farmers for their pigs. The firm, besides their business us general produce merchants, urc famous for the excellent pork and bacon cured by them.