Timaru

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

Timaru

(From our own corrds^onUeut J \ liidsl siß'ccwvf-ul smoke (oiueii and- jwirquet w; re ■ icndcrod->-by' St.* Mary'S 'ln*Au'(vll •oT the f-h-burnifwis . to ISro.' T. Donovan, thowr-ictipin'^'uriJbidciit', in -the' boXs' 1 '■■'. f-" ' u-ii «_. — l— vM — <&:..J1 1 U-L — L-

.^liooL^la^^ridAy nigW- Tb« ehuirr.wflSrtalfflhT^by Bio. J.-O4.cafy/Wht) TVas'siippoflctt bfthe Rev Failief I LO)iuan, chaplain ot the branch, and a large gathering n T^ l *& IC $? cnlb - The lirsl st on % l^t was that of I%lßolmess the Pope, by^%; ReyS^Ather Tubman Th.vthamnari then announced^fc^xWi pal event vi the eM^ing^^ie-.^fesetttatiQga ofa%|a*pme P.pJ-*s jollai to §u&gi;:|^o^V|n,^h C % k |ip.s^\ instanced the good t^e thctr bianch.whjo^^ni, h&VbrfSidk%Y^Js£ifffc as It oid Hie holdi'ug^ of .thcVtrfenn.jAU^ov^'e'^l^iiX |n tucir midst), hdf}*-b^u i'h'f -ino^L m%iorable nTT^e a&r ncils ot the b.anclO'-^r^vATaM by asking R^ I'.Hher Tnbman to make the . Rev. Father lubman. in investing Hto. Donovan with a neatly pmbioidcicd collar, amecd with all the 'piesident's remciik., and wished tho recipient many happy ' y^etfrs in winch to weai the decoraUoji \vbu>tf>Jns^^k)*r3f|'hcmians had bestowed on hini.' vv Fh ef6a.it or^*'bur Natne Land ' was pioposed by Bro. J. T. Fit/.gerald in _ .^. '^iie v spccc^ with a.p-

iiiio T. O'Connor, v.P „in reply, 'installed softe^f Ihe .^uHenngs and glories of the Old Land, and was "M I' Dcm.i'hj, w hif gare'Wi itft^festing and instructive ic-,ume ol the gieat -poaceeul -warrrors'/JW&ci'have^Wone M) mmli ((, g-et, tor lieland tho concessions she enjoys to-day. The second -pait ot ■ this toqpUr" UialfSlta*Ci(its' niuhhiry) was- deah with fty" 1 Bro. M. J". BSyW' %o put bciote ins'Jujamvs the past glorres ot their' race fiom Hiian the Brave to Thomas. Francis Meagheg.- The ( h.ipjain of . Uiciiraach. '.was nca.tiy i ; Yenning, and was iccened with musical iionors. One ot 4-iiy b«JKt? |,oa^ts of the e\cning HVas' 1 that of 'The Stniov ?,femoets of U«^r©pi^a,L'F»r<in»nie capable hand's- oi BM -' V^nney/'-airtH-i't Ws frHrtaifd&l to b-y ]?ios. kkne, Dennoky., Su,2,.ni€ ; , aitd.llfirt^e^During the evening songs wcie rendeied by Hcos 0 Leary, iVlcDonald, Murphy, Ryan, Mahoriey, T)o}ie,'and Whelan, and recitatmns weie contributed by JJrps M P Dennchv ,nd .1. P Ftf^r^ .^|»ftf)astß^M ( liaplain ( liai t man,' "and ' Om (iucst ' were received v.ith m;i .ual liomoi^, and the who'e company, as the ic\ chaplain letned at eleven o'clock rose to their icrf and sang ' Faith of our Fathers'.' The f&thering fiis"p^rfed £ nt:ms!l_?)j nght to the strains of ' G&& $kvc Irelayß./) t^hc j\Bole ai rangements for the evening' " ; -^ere wpfl '• i-sti Hvtr wl under the direction of the se&tetary 01 Ihe entertainment committee, Bro. J. Venrimg;. ' Oi.e of the old idr-n titles of the district passed .iv, ay pccel'illv last week in the pcuson of Mr. J. Ton^r Tie deceased, who came oiit in 1^72, f 'was a naiiro of ConnW \imat-h, Tieland. Ue w as' a fervent ,Mid pi.iciH.U Catholic, and .died at ),hQ r^pp .oj-d age of