MASTERTON

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 52, 29 December 1904, Page 13

MASTERTON

(From our own correspondent.)

December 23

A general meeting of the St. Patrick's Day Spiqrts' AsslociatiDln was held on Saturday dvcnijnfi, wheh there w|as a large attemWance of meimbeis, Mr. M. C. O'Comnell presifcli|ng. The programme as submitted by the committee wa's adopted. Tt provides for tfie giVihg of pri/.es tp the value of £130, tine two ;p/rin>cip,al events being a St. Patrick's Day fraindicap of £35,\atnd a wheel race of £11. Mr. Ahc Shannon was appointed ha'n'dica,pper.

Owinfc to the large 'disirict lihat the Very Rev. De|an McKeinfcia >hn,s hati to attend to he will in failure be assisted by the Rev,. Father Kelly, wiho arrived in the dolomy fr|pm Ireland a couple of weeks a^p. Father Kelly preached his first sermOn at St. PaUidJv's Church cm S win/day last.

The ladies' committee of St Bride's Cogent blatoar met last evening Siignor B'oiy-oni wrote notifyuig tihat he woiulrJ be able to commence rehearsals early iin J'anuaiy The ladies reported that they weie lieceivi^g very liberal support, so that there is every prosipcct of a \ery successful bazaar.

Great regfeft is felt at the departure for Au&t,r,ali!a of Sifters Cljaver and Teresia, of St. BriHe's Don/vent. The Sisters Waive been in Mastertoin since the cou'velnt wias ytiar'ted fiVe years ago. They have not been allowed to depart Avithiout many marks of the esteem in vvhith they are held.