CANTERBURY CATHOLIC LITERARY SOCIETY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVII, Issue 8, 18 June 1886, Page 5

CANTERBURY CATHOLIC LITERARY SOCIETY.

Cbristchurch, June 10, 1886. The annual meeting of this Society was held on Tuesday, Bth June. The meeting was a thorough success, from whatever point ol view one might be inclined to look at it. A beautiful evening and a numerous attendance contributed to make one of the most successful annual mee'iugs since the commencement of the Society. Through the unavoidable absence of the Hey. Piesident, Mr. J. C. Corr was voted to the chair. The principal business of the evening was the election o£ officers to fill the place of those who retire by rotation. For the office of president, Mr. J. (J. Corr and the Rtv. Father Bowers were nominated, the result being that the Rer. Father bowers was re-elected president for 1886-87. .Notwithstanding an announcement that Mr. W. Hoban could not guarantee regular attendance, he was nominated to fill the office of vice-president, together with Mr. Corr. When the votes were counted, it was found that there was a tie between the two candidates, and after considerable discussion, the motion was put to the meeting again, with the result that Mr. J. C. Corr was elected vice-president for the ensuing year. In returning thanks for the honour conferred on him, Mr. Oorr took occasion to refer in glowing terms to the incalculable good that must accrue to the Catholics of New Zealand througti the instrumentality of Literary Societies. For the post of hon. secretary, Mr. W. O'fchaughnessy and Mr. R. O'Shaughnessy were nominated, the result being that Mr. W. O'Shaughnessy was elected. In consequence of the lateness of the hour at which the elections were concluded, the election of librarian and several councillors was postponed till next meeting. Before concluding, allow me to bear testimony to the generosity of the Rev. Father Ginaty in granting us the use of the new Catholic school at the corner of Barb.idoes and Tuam streets. The room ia very spacious, lit throughout with gas, and centrally situated. Old Mejcbeb.