NEW ZEALAND : GENERAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 10, 7 March 1901, Page 20

NEW ZEALAND : GENERAL.

The Month's Mind for the late Dean Chervier will take plaoe _ in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Leeston, on Tuesday, March 12. Masters James P. and Thomas Treahy, Bons of Mr. P. Treahy of Ngapara, left Dunedin by the Monowai on Thursday last for Hunter's Hill College, Sydney. The Hawera Star says it is stated that under the will of the )ntp Mr Milmoa the Hawera Hospital will benefit to the extent of four figures. With thia issue of the N.Z. Tablet we present our readers with an illustrated supplement containing a photographic group of the delegates to the annual district meeting of the H.A.C.B. Society, held recently in Dunedin. At a meeting held in Dunedin last week it was decided to perpetuate the memory of the late Queen by the erection of a statue. A proposal that the memorial should take the form of a publio library was negatived. At a fra'e of Wellington city property last week a record price of £l(i4 per foot for a section with a frontage to Manners street was obtained. The block is tho one on which Messrs. Wilkins and Field's ironmongery store is situated. It was bought by Mr. Martin Kennedy for & 10,700. The Rev. Mother-Superior of St. Bride's Convent, Masterton, having for a period of 25 years devoted herself to self-denying work, celebrated her silver jubilee recently. The children of St. Patrick's School and of St. Bride's Convent presented the Reverend Mother with addresses. It has been definitely decided that the Duke and Duohesi of Cornwall are to arrive at Auckland on June 11, and take their departure from the Colony on the 29th. Their Royal Highnesses will thus have 17 clear days in the Colony, and will have an opportunity of visiting Rotorua. The following are the marks obtained by the pupils of the Sisters of Mercy, Hokitika, who were successful at the examination in musio (vocal and instrumental) held last November by Mr. Charles Edwards, Trinity College, London : — Senior Honors : Mary Moller (piano), 83 ; Mary E. Bourke (singing), 83 ; Denis Clarke, (piano) 80. Intermediate Paes : Stasia Murphy (piano), 76. Junior Pass : Eileen Daly (piano), 81 ; Kitty Arnal (piano), 80; Ruby Burns (violin), 80. Preparatory : Annie McDonald (piano), 97; Nellie Kidd (piano) 95; Eva Murphy (piano), 95; Mammie Moynihan (piano), 93 ; Rose Healy (piano), 90 ; Ronald Mac Donald (violin), 86 ; Clare Davey (piano), 83 ; Maude Rochford, (piano), 82 ; Nan Coltman (piano), 81 ; Charlie Ross (violin), 70. The annual picnio in connection with the Stoke Orphanage was held recently (says the Nelson Colonist) at Waimea West, and a most enjoyable day was spent by the lads, who were joined by most of the boys who had been connected with the institution and are now in service in the district. The usual arrangements had been made to give tho boys a good time, and prizes were provided for the sports which, with various games, occupied their attention. The Orphanage Band was present, and Father George Mahony, Mr. Fitzgerald and his staff of teachers, and Dean Mahoney were prominent in the work of keeping the boya amused. Dean Mahoney at the close of the day expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which the picnic had passed off, and cheers were given for thone who had asai-^ed in making the picnic possible, especially for Mr. B. Crisp, jun., who collected funds, and those who contribute!. Two palace cars, wagonettes, and other vehicles were required to convey the lads to and from the picnic ground. The following is a list of the successful candidates from the Convent of Mercy, Grey mouth, at the musical examinations conducted by Mr. Edwards, Trinity College, London, last November :— Senior division — Nellie M'Donnell (honors), 87 ; Maggie Algie (honors), N7 ; Lottie Guthrie (pass), 65. Intermediate — Augusta bkoglund (pass), <>2. Junior — M*bel Harris (honors), 80. Preparatory — M. E. Noonan (violin, pass), 74 ; Dotty Lutz (pass), 66, The Greymouth Convent (^ays the local Star) atill maintains its prestige as an educational establishment. At the recent Civil Service examination, Miss Nellie M'Donnell passed successfully, and at the Matriculation Miss M. E. Noonan was also returned amongst the successful candidates. Still another pupil, Mi»s Alice Dix, has just received her second grade certificate for light and shade drawing fro n the Technical School, Wellington, and she has now received the full certificate for second grade drawing. She has also passed in solid geometry, freehand and model drawing. The Sisters of Mercy are to be heartily complimented.