ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 42, 15 October 1903, Page 5

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

(From our own correspondent.) October 9. The Very Rev. Father Olier, Provincial of the Marist Fathers in Australia, returns- to Sydney on Saturday. Miss Daniels, of St. Joseph's choir, Bpckle street., is to sing; the soprano solos in the performance of the 1 Messiah ' at Stratfotd. Rev. Dr. Kennedy, of Me&nee Seminary, will give a lecture in aid of the schools at Sydney Street Schoolroom on Thursday, October 22. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament was held at St. Mary of the Angels' on Sunday last. Several members of the Opera Company assisted the choir both morning and evening. On Wednesday evening Mr. Maughan Barnett gave an organ recital at the church of St. Mary of the Angels' in aid of the organ fund. The church was crowded and a satisfactory collection was made. Mr. Barnett, who played in his usual finished manner, gave the following items t— • Hero's Song ' (Volkmann), Andantino (Lemare), ' The Answer ' (Wolstenholme), Concerto in F, Minuet in G, Largo, (Handel), Toccata (Dubois), Pastorale (Wely), Improvisation. The choir under the baton of Mr. Oakes sang Mendelssohn's 'Hear my prayer,' with Mrs. Oakes as soloist. His Grace the Archbishop will lay the foundation stone of the new school at Petone on Sunday next. The school, .which is being built by Messrs. Campbell and Burke, from the designs of Mr. E. Coleridge, has a frontage of 119 ft, and occupies the section of land at the rear of the Catholic presbytery in Britannia street. The present building has not much depth, hfut the plans are so designed that an extension can be made when occasion arises-. The building is to be of one storey, constructed of brick, with a pressed brick front, and cement facings, and roofed with Marseilles tiles. The main entrance is in the centre of the front felevation, and opens into a large corridor, which divides the structure into two equal parts — two classrooms in each. One room on either side measures 30ft by 22ft, and the others 30ft by 24ft.