DUNEDIN AND DISTRICT.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 41, 18 February 1898, Page 18

DUNEDIN AND DISTRICT.

OwiNO to the great demands upon our space in this issue, we have been compelled to omit an original article and various news items while our correspondence appears unavoidably in a condensed form,

The following subscriptions to the South Dunulin Catholic Orphanage have been received during the week : — J. Robertson Esq. (Roslyn), £2 2s; Rev. J. 0 Meara, St. Joseph's, Hawera, X.I Is. Contributions towards the erection of the Orphanage will be thankfully received by the Sisters of Mercy, South Dunedin, and by the Catholic clergy of Dunedin, and will be duly acknowledged in the columns of the Tablet.

O>J Tuesday last tlie Most Rev. Dr. Verdon signed tho contra t for the erection of the new Catholic Hall, to which reference is made elsewhere in our columns, in our report of the year's progress in the diocese of Dunedin. The new hall will be an important and highly useful aldition to the fine series of Catholic ecclesiastical buildings wich which the city of Dunedin is so well equipped. It will be situated on the corner allotment in Rattray street, underneath the Bishop's palace, and will contain a wellappointed gymnasium, a parochial library, for which a large and well-selected assortment of books are already in hand, and a fine hall measuring 70 feet long by a width of 27 feet. Mr. Woods, of Dunodin, is the contractor, and tho hill, which will cost .Cl,l(>'.', will be of great benelit to the Catholics of the city and district.

A meeting of the St. Patrick's Day .Sport's Committee was held in the Christian Brothers' School, Dunedin, last week. Satisfactory all-round progress is reported, and everything in full swing

for the '• 17th of ould Ireland." Various teams are in full practice at the tug-of-war, and the hurlers, who promise to be a great feiture in the day's performance, are getting into training with their cam nuts. Tbe Christian Brothers' pupils are arranging for a fine display of club-swinging, and will also contribute at least one other interesting item for the concert of the 17th. St. Joseph's choir will render some glees, etc., in a manner worthy o£ the high reputation they have won in the local musical world.