DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 15, 14 April 1904, Page 18

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The annual meeting of the St. Joseph's Men's Club takes place this (Thursday) evening. Very Rev. Father O'Neill, of Milton, left for Corornandel during the week on a visit to his sister, who has been in ill-health for some time. Tlhe Rev. Father Coffey, South Dunedin, left for the North Island during the week for the purpose of seeing his relative, Very Rev. Father Smyth, of Hastings, who is about to leave on a trip to Europe. A very large number of members of tlhe Hibernian Society attended at St. Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin, on Sunday last, on the occasion of their annual Communion. The Rev. Father Corcoran celebrated Mass artd the Rev. Father Coffey, after a short discouTse on the Gospel of the day, expressed the pleasure he felt at seeing such a large body of men complying with the rules of, their Society by approaching the Holy Table, and urged on all eligible members of the congregation to join that excellent Catholic organisation. On Sunday morning at St. Joseph's Cathedral his Lordship the Bishop impressed upon the men of the congregation the necessity of joining some of the societies in the parish, among these being the Hibernian Society, the 1 St. Joseph's Men's Club, and the Sacred Heart So-

ciety. He also tetrofngly warned them against societies condemned by the Church, referring in a particular manner to the dark-lantern, fraternity of the Fredmasons, who wera trying to ensnare weak-kneed or incautious Catholics into their oath-bound association. The "^active preparation among the stallholders at the forthcoming Colleen Bawn fete, which is to be held for a week at His Majesty's Theatre, commencing on the 25th inst., augurs well for (its success. To provide fiunds for the furnishing of stalls, a number of social evenings ha v e already been held, with very good results The ladies of the St. Joseph's Club, w,ho haye charge of the refreshment staH, arc to the fore with a very nice work of art, which will be dislp/osad of by art union, and the St Clair stallholders are also disposing of another similar valuable work. After s wmning the premiership in the Schools' Cricket Association for 1903-4, the Christian Brothers' boys have added yet another laurel to the many already won on the athletic field. In the Otago Schools Athletic Championships, held on last Saturday on the Caledonian Giround, their success has been in every respect highly creditable. In the school events open to all pupils under 16 years of age, 42 medals were awarded, and of these the Christian Brothers' School carried off no' less than 21, leaving 21 medals to be distributed among trie remaining 19 schools. The Brothers' boys carried off 8 firsts and 9 seconds The two relay races, to which 8 medals were awarded, were won by teams from the Christian Brothers School. J. Bryant won kicking the football (place kick), and was second in the 220 yds flat, 100 yds flat, and the long jump for boys under 15; the half-mile flat for boys under 16 was annexed by J. Collins, and Jas. Collins was second in the 220 yds flat handicap (open). The 100 yds flajt (boys under 13) fell to E. Wilkie ; the 75yds flat (boys under 10) to J. Ford ; throwing the cricket ball (boys under 15) to L. Casey, E. J. Joyce being second, the latter, however, winning the high jump. D. Collins was placed second in the one-mile bicycle race and kicking the football, whilst J. Smith got a similar position in the 100 yds flat for boys under 14. In the school teams relay race, 440 yds (boys under 13) the winning team consisted of E. WiVkie, W. O. O'Conjnor, L. Coughlan, and C. Hill, and in the relay race, 800 yds (boys under 15), the winners were D. Collins, R., Burke, W. Higgins, and Bryant.