WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 25, 20 October 1893, Page 6

WELLINGTON.

(From our own Correspondent.) October 14th, 1893. On Snnday last the faithful who attended Mass at the various churches in the city bad handed to them a circular signed by th Very Rev Father Devoy, V.G., and beaded "The coming election. Catholic claimß." Beneath wsb an extract from pronouncements by His Lordship Bishop Moran which has already appeared in the Tablet ; also the result of a long interview with his Lordship Bishop Grimes, and taken from Chnstcburch Truth, bearing on the education question ; and lastly, an account of the manner in which his Lordship Bishop Luck was refused his request that a Government inspector should examine bis Bchools. This circular might well bear the motto ad multum inparvo printed over it, as it contained all the recent and most important information for Catholic*, and the Vicar General certainly scored heavily by its production. The Wellington election promises to be a very lively affair, for at present there are some fifteen candidates spoken of, and as only three can be returned, the result must mean much disappointment and vexation of spirit. The polling dsy is not yet fixed, and as the Government intend that the rolls shall be aa complete as possible they will give the ladies ample opportunity for enrolling themselves before the elections tike place. There should be no lack of candidates all over the Colony, as the honorarium of £240 is a sufficient inducement to poor and talented men to come forward in the interests of their country and their kind. The committee of St Patrick's College football club has awarded trophies to two of its members— to B. Gallagher as the best forward, and to D. Driscoll as the best back in the team. These trophies are •he gifts of C. M. Crombie, Esq, Commissioner of Lands, and M. Hodgios, Esq, a prominent Catholic of the city. On Tuesday last at St Mary's Cathedral, Hill street, took place the marriage of Miss Priscilla M. Beid, daughter of Nicholas Beid Esq, to James A. 6trange, Etq, runholder of the Manawatu district! A large number of fashionable people, friends of the contracting parties, were present The Very Bey Father Devoy, V.G., performed the marriage ceremony. The bride was beautifully costumed and looked charming. She wore a necklet and pendant of pearls, the gifc of the bridegroom. She was attended by three bridesmaidsMisses Jessie and Gertrude Beid and Dorothy Tripe. These young ladies were also charmingly attired, and each wore a gold and pearl

broach, the gift of the bridegroom. Mrs fieid, the mother of the bride, wm present, and wore a haodiome dress of green and pink brocade richly trimmed. Mr Walter Strange, brother of the bride, groom, officiated aa bett man. At the ooocluaion of the ceremony the happy pair returned to the house of the bride's parents, §nbseqaently lea Ting for Australia on their honeymoon. In pawing, I may mention that Mr Nicholas Beid if one of Wellington's moat prominent merchants and an exemplary member of the Catholic community. The Wellington 8.M., J.O, Martin, Bag, who has lately oome to this city, is earning golden opinions from all quarters for bis fearless and impartial administration of justice. 1 took occasion to mention some time ago that crime with Tiolence was alarmingly prevalent in this fair city ; bat in the short time that oar present resident magistrate has been in office a wonderfnl change for the better has taken plaoe. The salutary, if severe sentences passed on offenders have evidently bad a most beneficial effect, Wellington oitiaenj should be deeply thankful to their 8.M., as well as to the Minister who selected so wisely the physician to care the ills from which the city suffered. The Wellington Hibernian Society, which has within its ranks the very cream of the Irish Catholic community, men hononred and respected by all classes of persons in the city, celebrated its 19th anniversary by a social in the Foresters' H.ll on Tnesday evening. The affair was the undoubted success it deserved to be, the gathering being large and representative. Among those present during the evening were the Very Eev the Vicar General (Father Devoy) and the Bey Fathers Goggan and Lane. Mr Egden sang " The wearing o' the green," and Mr Johnson " Home Bale for Ireland " ; Mr Scanlan contributed a recitation, and Mr Jones gave a clever exhibition of juggling ; all the items being well received. Messrs Bgdsn and Lessington were M.C's., and the music was supplied by an orohestra under Mr J. Kearsley. The catering was well carried by a committee, under the supervision of Messrs Stratford, Bobinson, and Brady, and the whole was directed by a committee of management, comprising fifteen members of the Society, with Messrs Hyland and Grant as chairman and secretary respectively. The remains of Mr W. F. Boss, whose sad death in the United States I have already communicated, arrived in the Colony by the s.s . Otarama , The borrowing relatives have had the body embalmed , conveyed across America, thence to England and New Zealand, for interment here. At 9 a.m. to-morrow a solemn Requiem Mass will be sung at St Mary of the Angels, where the body will lie. After the ceremony the funeral, which is to be a military one, will leave for Karori cemetery, a party from the Wellington City Bifles firing a salute over the grave. The Oddfellows Society, of which deceased was a member, will also be represented. The sorrowing family of the deceased has the consolation of knowing that they have nobly i done their duty to ons who, in all respects, was a most sstimable citizen.