DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 38, 20 September 1900, Page 18

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

Rev. Father Coffey will make a collection at Waipori on Sunday on behalf of St. Vincent de Paul's Orphanage, South Dunedin. The Sisters of Mercy, South Dunedin, acknowledge with thanks receipt of £1 from ' A Frienc,' Lawrence, in aid of St. Vincent de Paul's Orphanage. Mr. A. V. Dunne, who left Balclutha on Monday for Dunedin, was predated with a handsome walking stick and pocket book hy the Catholic Sunday School children. The follow ing pupils of the Dominican Convent, Irr. crea^M, passed the examination in musical knowledge (theory) held" in Invercargill on 9th June :— lntermediate Honors— Nellie Shepherd, 85 ; Mabel Feldwick, 65. Intermediate Pass— Mabel Feldwi-k, 9t5. Junior Honors— Mary Herlihy, 92 ; Jane Roche, M. Junior PassAnnie Baird, 90 ; Carrie Sheehan, 94 : Lily Godby, 91 • Kate McGrath, 90 ; Kate Griffen, 89 ; Mary Herlihy, 8(3 ; Alice Collins, 81. A pleasant evening's entertainment was arranged by the committee of the South Dunedin Catholic Literary Institute for the weekly meeting on the 12th inst., and the programme was carried out to the satisfaction of the large number present. Messrs. Miscall, Mnllins, Fitzgerald, Nolan, M'Curdy, and O'Connell were very successful in their various parts ; and the rendering of several musical selections by the Bruton family met with well-deserved recognition. Master E. Durning gave two recitations in a manner that promises well for his fnture as a reciter. Miss Fitzpatrick also sang and played some selections on the pianoforte very acceptably. The Rev. Father Coffey presided, and announced that the prize essays on Dunedin would be read at the next meeting. The annual social of the local branch of the Hibernian Society was held in St. George's Hall, Milton, on Friday evening. The hall was tastefully decorated with evergreens for the occasion, and the weather was perfect. Among the visitors were Bros. Marlow and Hoar of the Dunedin branch. Bro. P. Walsh, on behalf of the Milton branch of the H.A.C.B. Society, welcomed the visitors and trusted that they would have many similar meetings. In the course of hiß remarks he pointed out the advantages to be derived from becoming a member of a friendly society, and urged upon the young men present, who did not belong to any society, the necessity, or at all events the advisability, of doing so at once. The visiting delegates suitably replied, and returned thanks for the invitation to be present at the annual gathering. On the whole (says the Bruce Herald) the social waa very successful, and the committee who had charge of the arrangements are to be complimented for the manner in which they discharged their duties.