WAIHI NOTES.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 9, 28 February 1901, Page 7

WAIHI NOTES.

February 18. There ia considerable excitement among the confmunity here at the present time. What with the departure of men to join the contingents for South Africa, or to visit Auckland to see the Imperial troops, the agitation for increased wages, and the proposed sitting of the Conciliation Board, men have quite enough to talk about, to say nothing of the athletic sports which are to be held here on Miners' Union Day, and also on Easter Monday. St. Joseph's Catholic Church congregation are now fortunate enough to have the services of a resident pastor. At nine o'clock Mass yesterday the Very Rev. Dean Hackett stated he had secured the services of the Rev. Father Brodie for Wailii, and trusted that the congregation would do all in their power to help him. The Very Rev. Dean returned thanks for the many kindnesses he had reoeived from the Waihi public, and said be would be present at a meeting on Monday evening, 23rd inst., to introduce Father Brodie to the people, and also personally thank them for the many good tarns they had done himself. After Mass many expressions of regret were heard that the genial Dean, whom we all know and love bo well, was leaving the parish. Owing to taking a leading part in the agitation for increased wages for miners and battery hands an esteemed member of the Catholic congregation here has been unfortunate in losing his employment in the mine.