HOKITIKA

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 28, 13 July 1905, Page 15

HOKITIKA

(From our own correspondent.)

On Sunday, July 2, the devotion of the Forty Hours' Adoration was commenced, terminating with a Missa Cantata on Tuesday morning. This is the first occasion on which the devotion has taken place in Hokitika. Rev. Father O'Connior, of Ross, preached on Sunday evening, and celebrated jtfass on Monday morning, whilst on Monday evening Rev. Father Taylor, of Greymouth, was the preacher and celebrated Mass on Tuesday morning. The pieseuce of priests from other parishes was made the occasion of large numbers availing themsehes of the opportunity of complying with their Easter duties'.

Our ch,u)rch has lately undergone some extensive alterations, and now presents the appearance of quite a new edifice. The sanctuary has been enlarged to over double its former size, an-d a large stained-glass window has been presented by a member of the congregation, and i« now in pl/ace al the rear of the altar. The side altars, which were formerly outside the sanctuary rails, are now in alcoves within the rails, whilst on the Epistle side of the sanctuary a nuns' chapel has been added for the accommodation of the Sisters, and on tne< Gt>spei s>ide a sacristy has been added. The contractors have earned out their work in a very efficient manner, and the artistic pillars and arches which now adorn the sanctuary greatly enhance the beauty of the chujch.

An old Hokitika resident, in. the person of JMrs. M'Carthy, who, until recently, lived at the foot of the Cemetery Hilfl, died in Wellington a few days ago. She was thiQ mother of Miss M'Carthy, so well and favorably known as- a nurse at the Westland Hospital. Miss MJ'Oarthy *ias the distinction of being the first-born female in llokiSTka.— R.l. P.

I regret to have to record the death of Mr. James Butler, which took place recently. The deceased was a brother of Mrs. Cooke, proprietress of the Pioneer Hotel, and was an old colonist, having arrived in Otago In 1864 i He was 71 years of age.— R.l. P.

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