DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 32, 15 December 1898, Page 15

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

A private ceremony of reception of four aspirants into the Association of Mary Immaculate took place at the oratory last Sun= day evening. In the absence of the Bishop the Rev. Father Murphy performed the ceremony.

His Lordship Dr. Verdon has been visiting some of the outlying pari-he- of the diocese. He wus at Waikouaiti on sth, where he coufirmed H cindi.lates ; Palmerston was next visited and 18 eonfirnred ; Hampden followed on Bth and 12 were confirmed ; at Macraes, where his Lordship was on 10th, 17 w-re confirui«d ; 28 candidates were confirmed at Hyde on Sunday last, and his Lordship returned to town on Monday, 12th inst., having had a week's almost continuous travelling.

The Queeu's Hottl. Oamaru, is now under the proprietorship of Mr. P. Kelly. The house has lately been thoroughly renovated, and offers the beet of acc^mmodatiou to the travelling 1 public. Mr. Kelly ia a genial hoat., a-.d spares no pains to secure the comfort of guests at the Queen's. — _**

The brewing, bottlinar, and icrated water industry is well represented in Qaeenstown by Mr. James Reid, who has an annoincement elsewhere in our columns. It is well known th.'it the quality of the water at Queenstown is specially suitable for the making of bee and cordials, and that fact, oomhined with Mr. Reid's experience in the trade, renders his manufactures particularly excel1« nt— m \

Christmas and New Yeir is very closely approaching. We must not forgtt our friends, both young and old. A present, however inexpensive, is a reminder of our kindly feelings during the festive season and tioie of New Year greeting;*. The largest and choicest selection of novelties suitable for presents for all classes are to be had at the favourite establishment, the D.I C, High and Rattrsy streets, Duneriin. The Company hold a magnificent stock of fancy goods, toys, doll*, books, game", Xmas and New Year cards, leather goods, pipes, watches, etc., etc. T&e management invite all visitors to DuDedin to pay a call of inspection. It will prove both pleasant and profitable to you. — *%

Lively ti-j es for the snapshot man in Wellington. A photographer was recently engaged by the Wellington Harbour Board 10 take yews of certain houses in the Grainger Etreet block, so that their suitability or otherwise to remain in situ could he seen at a glance. One section of the little community (says the New & aland Time*) busied itself with tying: sheets along: their ven-ndsh posts to hide the defects of their residences, while the remainder — the women-kind — made a broomstick demonstration in the vicinity of the camera man with euch threatening vocal accompaniments that he was obliged to remove himself with all haste iroin the vicinity.