Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10, 9 March 1905, Page 5

Timaru

(From our own correspondent.) March 6. Owing to the crowded state of the church at the two Su rid ay Masses it has been found necessary to have an extra Mass celebrated. The Sunday Masses in future will be held at 7, f), and .11 o'clock. A represcntathe meeting of the parishioners was 1 held in St. John's FPall yesterday afternoon to consider ways and means of celebrating the feast of St. Patrick. Rev. Father Tuhnian occupied the chair, and Mr. Mangos, at the unanimous request of the meeting, took the position of secretaiy. Owing to the 17th this year falling on a Friday, and our weekly half-holiday being on tilie preceding day, it was resolved to hold the picnic on_ the 16 th.. Temuka was suggested as a suitable place for the outing, but inquiries, which had already been niiade, showed that it would be impossible to procuire a special train, and so one of the Timaru sports' grdunds will have to be used, the choice being left to the committee. A sports' committee was elected, consisting of Rev. Father Finnerty, Messrs. Vcnning, Feeley, O'Connor, Foley, O'Leary, Kain, Donovan, Dumne, J. Cunningham, and W. Cunningham. The concert will be held on Friday evening, 17th inst, and Miss E. McGuinness was asked to arrange tlie programme. Mrs. Sullivan was elected president of the ladies' committee, and reported that donations towards the prize funds were coming in freely.