Otaki

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 34, 20 August 1903, Page 5

Otaki

The election of a new Pope (says the • Otaki Mail ') co S rt\ ra . h?h ?h r^ e^ C< r Urren^ "* a matter of special importance, the Catholics of Otaki were not slow to manifest their joy and happiness on the occasion. Yesterday morning (August 6; the bells were joyfully rung and the mission flagstaff on the Pukekaraka, hill was' beautifully decorated with bunting of the Papal colors. irJfri °L <L ch Q UK M , ra i? er elaborate arch had been erected At the 9 o'clock Mass the 'Te Deum 'and the hymn for the Pope were heartily rendered. The children decorated the school, the convent, and the presbytery, and were regaled with cakes and lollies. In the evening a large crowd, mostly children, gathered on the top of the hill to witness the illuminations, the bonfire and the fireworks It ft likely that the day of the election of Pius X. will be for the Otaki Catholic children a day of long and pleasant remembrance