ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 36, 8 September 1904, Page 19

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

(From our own correspondent.)

September 3. The increasing popularity of Day's Bay as a place of resi/donqe -'has made it necessary for the authorities to arrange for the celebration of Mass there every Sunday. For this purpose the Rev. Father Tymons, of St. Patliek'a College, will visit the Bay next Sunday. Seldom has the space of the Druids' Hall been taxed t/o such an extent as it wa» ttti Wednesday eveiuag, wheta tihe combined social of the St. Mary's and St Patrick's branches of the H.A.C.B. Society was held The secretary, Bro. M. O'Sullivan, had a big task to perform, and he did it with credit

Two Ri.gby championships have fallen to the St. Patrick's College teams this year. By defeating the Petone thirds on Saturday last the college thirds gained the tihird clas>s championship, while the college fifth class team won the championship of its class by gaining a victory over a team r from Wellington College. Botk teams wept through the season without siufiering a defeat.

Iht higii standard of the musical training imparted at St. Mary's Convent was well illustrated at the concert given in the Guildford Terrace Schoolroom on Monday evening. The audience was a crowded one and the enterttomment first-class. Songs were given by Misses M. Scgrief, Fulsford, Prouse. Martin, White, McDonald Jonas, Denhafd, Vincent, and Maxwell. Concerted items were rendered by Misses O'Farrell, Rose and Agnes Segnef, and alsio by Misses McDonald and Vincent. Several choruses and part songs were given with the requisite spirit and harmony. Instrumental items were contributed by Misses Efvans, Gudgeon, Von Dadelszen, and Messrs. M. Gleeson and Cohen. Miss M Sullivan played the accompaniments The half-yearly meeting of the Catholic Young Men's Club was held on Tuesday evening. iThe president, Rev. Fatiher O Shea occupied the ahair. The report disclosed that the Society had made good progress during the lt Tm ™ 2 he balance sheet showed that the finances of the Llub were on a sound basis. The Rev. Father O Shea in moving the adoption of the report and balJfffp^f + 'h re ? rred in p i easing terms to the health y state of the finances and the general prosperity of the t luU He was particularly pleased to see that the Literary Society under the able direction of the Rev rflnJ K!™bellK !™ beI1 - had attained a very high state of effl- ™~™ 7 'a + ,f r dd T IScusslon lhe and balance sheet were -adopted It was decided to increase the subscripC ; nt fr i m 5s *° , lOs Per annum. It was also decided to grant i tine secretary and treasurer an increased honors, Sd° A ,r Per each - The Section of officers n?es idSt i ° W VTf atr « n ,ot iS ° raCe the Ar chbi S hop; ?iX^ f' Rev ; F^ her oshea ." vice-presidents, the cldrgyi of the city, Drs. Cahill and Mackin Messrs M d™ "ftf t o'^-h 0 ' p- J- ? kerrett > J - J ' DevS; l: t Sr. li \ oNeill > p - S- Oarvey, W. Misscn, and J a n y rt - a ca P. able secretary, and one whose energy thm^i ° r ? an ' ser « known by Catholic young mS t/hroußhout the Colony. The splendid billiard table purchased by the Club a year ago will be the property of the Society in a few months' time. The libra/y of Rnv p aS T^ en X 6 n lajrgWl by of books from cv - Pa her Kimbell and Mr. J. J. Devine, to, whom the thanks of the Club are due.

(This communication, though posted on Saturday, did not reach us until a few hours before going to press ?°N S zT") W6 had t0 condense U to some extent -Ed.