NEW ZEALAND: GENERAL

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 21, 21 May 1903, Page 15

NEW ZEALAND: GENERAL

Befo,re Mr Justice Edwaids in Chambeis on Saturday (says ihc ' i\ew Zealand Tunes,' Maj i;s) Mi JJ J Dolan was admitted as a solicitor of the Supieme Coutt on the application ol Mr C J> Skerrett Mi . DoLin taught the Catholic school at Masterton for about six years. At the Mastetton Magistiate's Couit a few da.vs later, at the conclusion ol the ordinal, v business, Mr Dolan, who made his first appeal ance m Court as solicitor lor the plamtifl company in the case \\ tilling Woollen Co. \ Craighead and Co , was felicitously welcomed to the Court by the presiding Magistrate, Mr. W . F. James.

The devotion of tho Forty llouis' Adoration was liegun at the Catholic church, Sh.md's Track, on Sunday, May 1O The opening service was conducted by Key . Fathei Richards In the evening a line scholaily sermon on the institution of the IMessexl Sacrament \\ as "preached by the Ke\ Father O'Connell, S.M.. The same preacher gave another discourse at the Mass on Monday morning The Key. Fathei Coon.-y pi cached on Monday cv ening an earnest and instinctive, scimon on devotion to the Holy Eucharist, and wound up the services on Tuesday 11101 ning with a shoit exhortation on pei sevei ance AH the services weie well attended and large numbers received Holy Communion The choir, assisted by Father O'Connel and Father Richaids, lendeied valuable aid at all the services '1 he decoiations of the high altar, undertaken by Miss McLacnlan and Miss Leathern, ol the Altar Society, weie universally admit ed, and gave the church a very devotional appearance.

His Grace Archbishop Redwood (says tho ' Wairarapa Obser\er ' of May 11) preached an eloquent sermon on Confirmation at the 11 o'clock Mass at St. Mary's Church, South Carterton, on the 10th inst, to a \oxy laige congregation, and after confirmed ,'{<> children and four adults He also took occasion to point out that the local church building in its present position no longer serves its purpose, and that it is his -wish and command that all shall woik together to put it on 'is new site, and so to hasten the (lay when they will have, a convent school in Carterton in which their children will be well Riounded m the saving tiuths of Christianity, as well as in secular knowledge. At the evening- scvjce the Archbishop again preached a most instinctive and impressive sermon on devotion to the Virgin Mother of our Saviour from the words of tho Virgin in St. Luke's Gospel, i., 48 : ' For behold from henceforth all generations shall call Me blessed.'

A notice with regard to the train arrangements in connection with the Frince of Wales' Birthday, the Dunedin Races, etc , will be found elsewhere in this issue....

Residents of Falmerston North will find a first-class luncheon laid at the Empire Hotel, Main street, from 12 o'clock each day. This is one of the many special teaurns which have obtained there since Mr W. Devine has cnteted into possession. The accommodation for travellers is excellent, and the proprietor leaves nothin-g undone in cateiing for the comfott of his guests

The Celts ot Scotland and Ireland are warmly advised by the proprietor of the celebrated llondai-Lanka tea, who by the way is himself a Celt of the first water, to i)iu chase " Cock o' the North ' brand of tea, which 1 ehes solely on its good qualities to recommend it. Kvety pound of Hondai-Lanka tea is packed and sealed spTcv Ccv ion and conies direct from the grower to the consume!, as puie, fresh, and fragrant as a beautiful summer 1 ose with the dew drops on its* petals ...