DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 19, 12 May 1904, Page 18

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

L.he openung meeting of the current session of the St. Joseph's Men's Club takes place on Friday evening when the inaugural address will be delivered by tihe Rev. Father Murphy, Adm. St. Joseph's Cathedral On Sunday next the corner stwne J the new Catholic oh,urch, in course of erection at Itivercargill will be solemply laid. Several of the clergy from other parts of the diocese are expected to take part in the ceremony.

The Rev. Father Oaffey, who had been on a visit to Auckland for the purpose of saying good-bye to his relative, Dean Smyth, of Hastings, who left by the San Francisco mail steamer on a t/ip to -Europe, returned to Dunedin during the week, and will be entertained by his parishioners at a social gathering on Friday evening.

Tihe annual meeting of the St. Mary's Literary and Social Club, Milton, was held in the schoolroom on Monday night, the president (the Very Rqv. Father O'Neill) in the chair. The committee's report showed that the session for the previous year had been a remarkaibly successful one, the attendance at the meetings averaging between thirty and forty, and on several occasions reaching as high as sixty members. The election of office-bearers for the coming session resulted as follows :— President, Very Rev. Father O'Neill ; vicepresidents, Messrs. J. A. Scott and W. Kirby ; secretary, HMiss Scanlan ; librarian, Mr. Jas. Curran ; committee, Mcsdiames Keogh and Kirby, Miss McLachlan, Messrs. Nolan, Ward, Walsh, and Jas. Lynch. Mr. Scott submitted a provisional syllabus covering the first six weeks and this was unanimously adopted. There was an excellent attendance at the meeting, and there is every indication that the club will have a thoroughly successful session.

Xhe Cailin Ban Fete, after a very successful season, was brought to a conclusion an Saturday night, when the art union was drawn. On Sunday morning at St. Joseph's Cathedral the Rev. Father Murphy, Adm., in thanking the committee, stallholders, and all who had assisted, and complimenting the parishioners on the sue*

cess attending the fete, said that Uie resjult would be sufficient to liquidate the debt on the Sacred Heart school The gross takings wore £854, and, after paying all expenses, there will be a credit balance of about £600. The result is highly satisfactory, and all concerned are to be congratulated oo the success of the fete. A list of the winning numbers appears in our advertising columns. Of tjhe principal stall prizes the Home Rule screen (Miss Staunton's present) fell to Mr. Collins, of the Gladstone Hotel , the Leinster screen to Mrs. Tynan ; the Munster screens to Mr M'Nair and Constable Willianus respectively.