Southland News Notes

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 23, 4 June 1903, Page 6

Southland News Notes

(From our own correspondent )

Substantial alterations to the Gore convent are now in a iorward state, and will greatly. improve the habit a, tion of the Sisters of Merev Mr. Owen Kellv is the cont ractor. this being a suflicieni guarantee that the workmanship, etc . will be of the best

A social gathering n.is held m the Drill IT. ill. Bluff. List week, the proceeds to he (k'\ oted to (.he luinislnng of a ba/aar which is to be held in connection with the Bluff Com <.-nt, St Mary's by the Sea There was a \ery large attendance, and a \anexl programme was pi o\ided In a progrcssne euchre tournament, conducted hv Mrs St George and Mr C A Tipping, Ihe pri/es were won by Mistes Craig and Betiand, and Wessi s W Newman and .J GiTord The pri/es wre th<> gilts of the president of the Ladies Guild, Mrs Tipping, Mesdanies McGrath and Rose, Mr and Mrs. Tullock, and Mr Lister. Great preparations are being made at the Port for for the forthcoming ba/aar, which is likely to surpass even the very successful one of last yi<ar A meeting to form a branch of the Hi'Uornian Society is called for Saturday evening at Raeside's Rooms A largo number of names have been already sent in fiom all parts of Southland, and present indications point to the Hibernian Society being the strongest Friendly Society in Southland It is to be hoped that parents will encouiage their sons to become members of the only Catholic benefit Society in the Colony

Owing to promotion in the Postal Department Mr St. George, the popular postmaster at the Bluff, goes to the West Coast at an early date