Greymouth

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 33, 18 August 1904, Page 6

Greymouth

(From a coi respondent \ Tenders" aie iu;w being (ailed foi the (.omelet ion ot -hit t £^npkj* .djuicjh^a.pd 3at\ftß^c\pt>cied flfet .^4' will be commenced Mitilun a few weeks' time "it ha-> evor^e'en the Wish of oiu woi'tliy Dean to see the VfOxK completed, and although the total amount of money'icquited is not, yet in hand, stUL theic is \iifficicait 'collected to date to guarantee its commencement, The earthquake shock caused quite a sensation all o\er the Coast, but notwithstanding its seventy, there was very little damage to property The new club rooms m coiusc of construction foi the St. Columba Club should be completed e,ie tlie?e notes are in print. It is the intention oi. the members to celebrate the opening of the new buiiyjinj|< ;u lth >js\ invitation social 1o the members oi th,cf''|:'6 l ftg^ec,atypH^ after which a ba/aar is to be held foi ■ '\ ,hx ? ")nu pose' oi giving a little monetaiy aid to the indebtedness incurred in the erection of the building

The members of the Greymouth llaiboi Boaicl , ate greatly concerned ovei the state ol the bar, wlucli h.ib been in a bad way for some months past The deviation from Sn John Coode's plan is no>v begin inn;, it in said, to make itsel Mvcry much fcH.. H bcenus that in the cndeavoi to widen the enU'ance. to the, channel, the new noith mole now lieinj; consti uciyd by the llarbcjr lioard is only tending to lessen the, deplli of water on the b«u During the past lew da} s tlie condition of the poi t has been \eiy bad, seveial steamers ha\e to dischaigc pail of thuir cargoes in order to safely put to sea.

The Catholic ) oung men of (!roj mouth follow umi; the cvatujilc of .some ot the laiaer teulu-s, } ti v c tonned a club, havinu; tor its nbied the piomoiH-n of tiho ,i.^'!igious, bncial, and intellectual ucllaic of ilo., intinbej li ih to he known, js the (irevmouth St < Yjl(ii infra (*rrih, and a lint lari^e bi'ildinu; is now ncuum, coiupletum f(>n the use ot the menibeis as a cluh iiimn. The Club hj> already a I«u«se uuMiihtislnp The \eiv Re\ . He in Carew deserves mm h ciedil !o! the valuable as-\?si ai"n c he ii^s .t?end«sPod- ( tfl?*.' 'Wlub * m 'fj.my \\a\s, .n«i C'e vSame'' may ars-fT^bo' ' said" of ' tfie IT''\ Father JTerb'it and the llroiheis, wlio 'aft' all woil.'nu; ljatd foi i!s MLecess , T^e l.ut^ics _,gj , UicysJuoui^ aie . al^o talviiiii, «i li\elv interest m the Ouli, and j/itend holding ,i ba/.i m shortly to aid i1 fjn t cufcially. T^ho picsidcnn oi (.o , Club is Mr Wifliam ' , tie.isinei, \li \\. t , -.1 Phillips; sceietaiv, "M\ J .'t. O'doi in, m.- It is«*in.<-rT.-ded to open the new dill) l^fitis m about thiee weeks'time, a\ hop. it is proposed lit fP|w>l'i at c Ihe opHjKif>n by J an invitation social 1n tlw inombers of the con^ie-a- | tion. .