DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 16, 21 April 1904, Page 18

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

Mr. J. J. Mar low was on Tuesday elected undpposed as Mayor of St. Kil'da. The Rev. Father Mangan.C.SS.R., who arrived in Duneidin on Saturday from the north, preached in St. Joseph's Cathedral at the 11 o'clock Mass on Sunday. Father Mairgan left for Melbourne by the ' Mokoia ' on Sunday afternoon. On Saturday a fatal accident occurred at Seacliff through the overturning of a trap, and resulted in the death of Mr. John Fottrell, brother of Mr. C. Fottrell, sacristan of St. Joseph's Cathedral, who has the sincere sympathy of Ins many friends in his trou-ble-R I.P On Wednesday evening of last week the members of St. Joseph's Ladies' Club held a very successful euchre party mSt Joseph's Hall to raise funds for their staill at the forthcoming Caihn Ban fete An excellent programme, consisting of musical items and a recitation, was {riven during the evening by the following ladies and gentlemen • Blisses Sweeney, Brady, Poppelwell, Quin (recitation), Messrs McKentia, Clarke and Miles. Matters Hibernian in this city are still progressing satisfactory, iiwd Bro. J. J. Marlow now presides over a body numbering 192 members, with assets amounting to Upwards of £2000. Speaking on the balance -;heet, presented at the last meeting, the auditors, Bros. W. Carr and J. Hally commented on the progress wade during the last seven and a half years. In that period the sick and funeral fund has increased by £385, and this notwithstanding a heavy drain upon it, which totalled £300 during the last 18 months, or an average of £50 per quarter. The management and benevolent funds have in the same time increased by £131 and £27 respectively. The growth in membership has been from 103 to 192, the interest earnings upon invested funds from £45 for the year 1897 to £70 for 1903. Bros. Cair and Hally spoke in eulogistic terms of the share taken by the president, Bro. Marlow, in bringing the branch to the proud position it now occupies in the Colony, and of the assiduous work and untiring labors at all times of the secretary, Bro. James O'Connor.