ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 27, 2 July 1903, Page 4

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON.

(From our own correspondent.)

June 27.

The Very Rev. Father Lewis, V.G., will pay a visit to Very Rev. Dean Kirk, of Wanganui, before returning to Wellington. The students of St. Patrick's College dispersed for the holidays on the 17th inst. The midwinter vacation at the convent schools in the city begins on Friday.

Rev. Father Huault is to preach a retreat to the nuns of St. Mary's Convent, which begins on Tuesday evening. Mr. R. J. Collins, a well-known Catholic resident, has been gazetted Assistant-Secretary of the Treasury. News of his promotion will be received with pleasure by his many friends throughout the Colony.

Mr. J. Lempfert, whose death was chronicled In tho Westport correspondent's letter published in last week's issue of the ' Tablet,' was, I understand, an ex-student of St. Patrick's College.

A meeting of the Marist Brothers' Old Boys' Literary and Debating Society -was held in St. Patrick's Hall on Monday evening last. Mr. M. J. Crombie occupied the chair. The programme for the evening was a mock parliamentary election, and the candidates spoke on various current topics. A vote was taken for the election of a member for Wellington city, and resulted in Mr. J. McGowan being returned.

The annual general meeting of the Convent Ex-pupils' Association was held in St. Mary's Convent on Thursday evening last, when there was a large attendance of members. The annual dance has been arranged for next month. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows : President, Rev. Mother Superior ; vice-p residents, Mother Bernard and Mrs Chapman , committee, Mesdames Gamble and Gascoigne, Misses McDonald, Saunders, Brady, Redmond, White, and Sheehan ; treasurer, Miss Duignan ; secretary, Mi&s Sullivan.

Invitations have been issued for a smoke concert to be held on the 16th July under the auspice* of St Patrick's College. Old Boys' Association.