DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 38, 19 September 1901, Page 19

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN.

A meeting of the members of St. Patrick's Musical Sooiety wil be held in St. Patrick's school, South Dunedin, on Monday even ing.

We regret to record the death of Mr. Thomas Power, a very old resident of Dunedin, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 64 years.— R.l.P The following: pupils of the Sisters of St Joseph, Port Chalmers, were successful at the musio&l examination, held in June, under the auspice of Trinity College, London: — Miss Maty Hart, 99 ; Mi«s Annie Anderson. 97 ; Miss Laura Heller, 83.

The now chapel of the Immaculate Conception in connection with St Dominio's Priory, which has been in course of erection for some time, is now nearly completed, and will be opened and dedicated by his Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Verdon on Rosary Sunday, October 6. The ceremonies will commence with Pontifical High Mass in St. Joseph's Cathedral, which will be celebrated by his Lordship tho Bishop. There will be Bpecial music for the occasion. The Very Rev. Dean Burke, of Invercargill, will be the preaoher. Information has reached the Otago Daily Times from private sources that Captain Tubman, of the seventh contingent, after bringing up a train from Capetown, was promoted to be Provostmarshal in General Garrat's column. General Garrat congratulated him oa his promotion and on getting through safely with the train. Captain Tubman was travelling for seven days in the train, whioh carried a considerable amount of specie. Although the rank is somewhat similar to that of captain, the poe carries higher pay. Captain Tubman also mentions that he met the genial Dr. O'Neill, who, he says, is very popular among all sorts and conditions of men.

The schools conducted by the Sisters of Mercy at Wrey's Bush were recently examined by the Board Inspector, with the following result :— Standard Vl.— Presented 3, passed 2 ; V.— pre«euted 3, passed 3 ; IV. — presented 7, passed 7 ; 111. — presented 2, passed 2 ; II. — presented 9, passed 9; I. — presented 4, parsed 4. P — presented 18, passed 18. Inspector's note on passes in Standards I. to V. — ' lam prepared to accept the head teacher's classification of the pupils in Standards I. to V. The promotions appear to me to have,beeu awarded with discretion. The efforts of the teachers during the past year have been rewarded with a considerable measure of atiooess. In moßt of the essential subjects the results of my examination were very satisfactory . The children are courteous and well-behaved.' Class subjects. — Geography, fair ; drawing, good ; grammar, satisfactory ; history, not examined ; elementary science, well known. Additional subjects — Singing, very good ; needlework, very good ; drill and exercises, good. The infant pupils appear to have received due attention. On Wednesday of last week an able and interesting discourse on the Gaelic movement and the origin and early history of Irish literatnre was given in St. Patrick's Hall, South Dunedin, by the Very Rev. Monsignor O'Leary, of Lawrence. M<>nsignor O'Leary in a thorough master of his subject and a deep and ardent student of the history, language, literature, and folk-lore of his native land. His discourse was listened to with the trrea e«t interest, and some of the quaint tales and legi-nds of old which he told were received with a great relinh by his uuitience. The upe.ik. r iuiparti d a great amount of interesting historical and literary information in a pleasant manner, anl varied the more polid portion* ot his discourse with three songs in the mellow tongue of the Iridh Gael. H* concluded with some stirring and timely advice to his hearers to study

the language and history of the land of their fathers and to be ever proud of the literary and religious glories of the Irish nation. An entertainment of a very pleasing and interesting character was given in St. Patrick's Hall. Suutb Dnnedin, on Thursday evening last, in the presence of a large audience. His Lordship Bishop Verdon presided, and there were also present Right Rev. Mgr. Mackay and Rev. Fathers Murphy, Delany, and O'Malley. The entertainment was the first of its kind given before the public by the children of the Orphanage, who are under the charge of the Sisters of Mercy, and bo well did they acquit themselves in the carrying out of the programme that those pteuent testified by frequent applause their appreciation of the youngsters' luooessful efforts. The ohildren were neatly dressed, and the careful training given them reflected the greatest credit on those in charge. Tht opening item on the programme was the chorus ' Shadows of angels' wings,' in which about forty took part, and the aoene presented looked very effective. Songs, ohoruses, recitations, club and band exercises were gone through with suoh proficiency that would have done credit to older and more experienced performers. At the oonelusion of the entertainment hia Lordship expressed the pleasure it gave him at being present that evening, and oongratulated the children on their performance, and also the good Sisters on the suooess whioh had attended their efforts. The suooeee of the oalisthenio display was due to the training imparted to the ohildren by Miss Mowat, who is a regular attendant at the Orphanage for this purpose.