Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 38, 22 September 1904, Page 6

Timaru

(Frtorn our own correspondent.) September 9. A monster Catholic Social and reunion of the parishioners ig to be held m the Drill Hall on Wednesday ovening, 28th mst. A choice programme of instrumental and vocal music, step dances, etc., lias been >piepar«i. A cricket match between the past and present pupils of the Catholic guls' sclhool was played in the oulivuil. grounds on Thursday afternoon, and resulted in a win for the past pupil's-, the scores being 1.05 to 79 ltons. An enjoyable afternoon tea was served on the lawn aad was much appreciated. Your esteemed ChristcWurcli correspondent has been evidently misinformed in regard to the age and weight o f our Catholic school football team. Competent j|udgcs aver that the Timarti boys, taken as a whole, weie no heavier than their Chiristehurch opponents, and tin at it wa(si the superior combination and trafmng of the Timaruviains that made .such disproportionate rosiults on the scoring board. T)ho Hibernians played the Druids a return card tournament on Tuesday evening last. In cnbbage the results were even,*, but in euchre the Hibernians scored 23 games to 14, and so the final result read Hibernians 77, Dttuids 68. On Thursday evening last a most succesbful concert was given in the Theatre Royal by the pjupils oi the Ma,ri.s>fc Brothers' School. The (house was well filled. A noticeable feature of the performance was the clear and disitinfct on an rial ion of the children both in recitation and 'sijngjng. The chorufies, too, were worthy of special mentnon, being wgorous, clear, and bright. Master M. O'JUeigjhan recited ' (irandina's shamrocks ' exceedingly well Mr s,o young a lad. Mrs. Lynch sang ' The last rose oC summer,' and ' Oh, how delightful.' A recitation, em titled ' \Micn I'm a man,' by six pupils, was of a hiu'moious turn, and got a good rocc;ption, as also did a quartette, entitled ' We'll all go a-binging ' A sj mpatjhetic anid vigorous interpretation oE l Orange and Green ' wasi avcll given by Master (}. Virtue, and Master P. Kane also recited ' tihe drummer hoy ' retmukably well. Master A. McDonald's song, ' A soldier's letter,' was without doubt one of the best contributions of the cvejning. Mr. Ilig'gins, of Ashburton, gave ' The nice Una; of the waters ' and ' Killarney ' in an 'acceptable manner. A neatly executed dumb hell exercise was grvcm by fifteen little fellows. The choruses were ' The happy farmer,' ' Massa's in the cold ground, and ' The lifeboat song.' A comedietta, entitled ' Blind Obedience,' gave a highly amusing sketch of a boarding school, with the ii&lual JiMSxiiiavous boy and arbitrary master well in evidence. Masters T. O'Connor, J. ()'l>o\\d, and P. Kane sustained the leading roles, and they were well supported by Masters W. Collins, T. (icancy, S. Mas< n, D. Bergin, and (J. Virtue. Rev. Father Tnjbman, at the conclusion of the performance, thankrtd the a'udiemce for their pationage and their evident' appreciation of the chiJdfcirf' s efforts, and also the Brothers and the cinldicn for tjhe arduous preparation which such a programme m,ust have entailed. The programme conciudod with ' G(od Save the King.' Miss E. McOiun'ncss presided at the piano throughout the evening. The proceeds of the entertainment go to reduce the debt on the lately purchased additions to the boys' olaygroumd.