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very convenient and ctnual posi ion. iud c.l, the position of the section is so central as to be almost in the very middle of the bay in which the watering place is situa'ed, A lawn and tennisjclub made the selection of land and upon it erected the present building, which is a substantially constructed wooden hall, wi'h an iron roof and capable of comfortably accommodating about 300 persons. The grounds, wh eh are fenced round with a live hedge, were once a lawn and tennis court, but after they had been used for a time for this purpose, in them the members of the club and their friends ceased from some cause or other to hold their gatl eriDgo, and the premises were put up for sale. The hall is fairly high and nearly a square in form, ar.id well lined within with matched boards. An altar and some sestß, also a few interior fittings and alterations, would include everything necessary to change the whole structure into a nice little church. Apart from the altar and seats the main expense would be the windows, which in consequence of the hall not being used for a long time, have been considerably injured, and are at present closed up with boards. Some weeka ago the Bight Rev Dr Grimes said he would like to have the building renovated and Mass celebrated therein before long. Were, therefore, a few persons to earnestly iuterest themselves in the preparing of the hall for divine^service, Mass would soon be said not only once but alto occasionally st Sumner, The property is worthy of attention, and the sooner that it can be used for the purpose for wbicb it must now be devoted the better. MOTHEB ST, GABRIEL At High Mass at the Pro-cathedral od Hundayjnext the festival of the Archangel Gabriel, a memorial window, now m course of erection, in honour of iha late Key vl other Marie St Gabriel, will be unveiled with great solemnity. Mother St Gabriel, who died at Lyons on the 26th of July, 1893, was a religious for twenty-seven yeais, and for seventeen yeais the Superioress of the Convent in Barbadoes street of the Sisters of our Lidy of Missions. Towards the end of the year of her demise a movement waß made to erect a suitable monument to her memory, aad the Right Rev Dr Grimes, the Very Rev Father

of the convent bazaar and art-union committee, A good deal of work was done, and, among other things, it was arranged that the art-union in connection with the bazaar should be drawn on the eighth day of November next.' It was decided that the committee should meet every Sunday afternoon in order to transact busineis necessary to make the bazaar and art- union a thorough success. The Rev Father Oahill, of New South Wales, and the secretary (Mr O'Connor") were also present. The Vespers of the Blessed Virgin were sung at the pro-Cathedral on Sunday evening last, and the Rev Father Cahill preached a very instructive discourse on Divine faith,