Waimate

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 12, 23 March 1905, Page 5

Waimate

(From our own correspondent.) March 20. The St Patrick's school children's annual outing took place on March 7, when they were taken to Caro>liue Bay, Tnna.ru ReCiebhinents and games w-eie pLo- \ ided for them, and a very pleasant flay was spent. A good number of parents also accompanied the excursion. Friday being St. Patrick's Day, Masses were celebrated at 7 o'clock and 10 o'clock. The panegyric of St. Patrick was preached on last Sunday by the Rev. Father Regnault The usual St. Patrick's Day entertainment took place in the evening in the Oddfellows' Hall, when the members of St. Patrick's Dramatic Club produced t o a crowded hall the comedy, ' Her Second Husband.' The members are to be heartily congratulated on the successful performance they gave. All the parts were well filled, each performer fitting into the character portrayed in a remarkably clever manner. The large audience were sirniply delighted with the piece from beginning to end, laughter and applause alternating as the comecly developed. It will be remembered as one of the mosit successful performances produced here for a long time. The names of the performers who entertained their audience so well are Messrs. E. Costello, J. Sims, J. Hickey, S. Reid, T. Pearse, Misses 11. Crowley, A.Patterson, L. Kent, and M. Costello.