GREYMOUTH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 31, 3 August 1905, Page 20

GREYMOUTH

(From our own correspondent.) July 25. On Sunday last at St. Patrick's Church Madame Oarmini Morley gave a very fine rendering of Gounod's * A,ve Maria,' the violin obligato being played by Mr. F. McCarthy, and organ accompaniment by Miss E. Kemple. It is with sincere regret thae I have to record the death of Mrs. Hansbery, mother of Mr. Martin Hansbery, of the local Post and Telegraph Department. The deceased lady passed away on Surfday morning, July 23. She was a fervent Catholic, who bore a serious illness of two and a half years with great fortitude and Christian resignation. The funeral took place on July 25, the remains being followed by a large number of peoiple to the Greymonth Cemetery, testifying to the high esteem in which she was held in the community. The Rev. Father Taylor officiated at the gravesade.— R.I. P. A very pleasant time was spent in the St. Colutnba Club rooms last Thursday, when, at the invitation of the Hibernian Society, about 200 members of the congregation assembled for a social evenia/g/. The president (Bro. Packer) welcomed the Very Rev. Dean Carew, Rev. Father Taylor, end the visitors, including Bros. A. Carroll and J. McGrath, of the Reefton branch. In the course of his remarks the president said the Greymouth branch was in a very flourishing condition, over thirty" members- having joined since last mission, and he hoped that t/he evening's entertainment would be the means of increasing the membership of the Society. The first part of the programme consisted of a progressive euchre tooirnament. The winners were Miss Bourke and Mr. T. O'Doiherty. TfTe ladies' committee provided refreshments. The second part of the programme consisted of musical items. The St. Columba Club orchestra contributed two selections ; songs and instrumental itemsi were given by Messrs. Guthrie, Fraser, Doogan, F. McCarthy, and Geoghe^an, and a recitation was given byt Mr. J. P. Smyth. The singing of ' auld lang syne ' brought the entertainment to a close. It is the intention of the Hibernian Society to hold these socials periodically, and if the first one is any criterion to go by, the members and their friends may look forward to spending some very pleasant evenings. Before closing, Bro. Carroll, on behalf of the Reefton branch, thanked members for the hearty invitation extended to them. I might mention here that the Greymonth Hibernian Society is the oldest branch in New, Zealand, having been

opened here by a delegate from Victoria in tht* year 1870. Mr. Martin Kennedy, now of Wellington, was elected firstb president.