DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 40, 7 December 1905, Page 19

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

We have received from Mr. M. Condon, Dunedin, £1 Is for the Stoke Orphanage. The Sacrament of Confirmation will be administered by his Lordship Bishop Verdon in St. Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday afternoon. There was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at St. Joseph's Cathedral on Sunday from last Mass until Vespcis. In tiie evening the iibual pioce&sion took place. Miss Carr, who has been a member of St. Joseph's choir for many years, was presented with a tea set as a token of the members' best wishes on the occasion of her marriage. The position of president of the St. Vincent de Paul Society having become vacant, owing to the departure of Mrs. Jackson for (Jreymouth, Mrs. Mouat, of Cumberland street, has been elected to the office. Miss Jeannie Butel, a pupil of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Arrowtown, passed in the preparatory grade in the musical examination in connection with Trinity College, London. On Thursday evening the members of St. Patrick's Basilica Choir took the occasion to piesent'one of their members (Mr. James Flynn) with a memento on the occasion of his marriage. Mr. 10. Kagar, choirmaster, made the presentation', and Mr. Flynn suitably responded. The following is a list of successful students from the Dominican Convent, Queenstown, at the recent musical examinations in connection with Trinity College, London" — Intermediate — Pcail E\ans (honors), Christine Bonner. Junior — J. Aldndge, Georgina Constable, Lelitia Constable, Florence Layburn, John McChesney, Mary McCarthy, Rita McNeill. Preparatory — Angela "Burke, Letitia Constable (violin), Colleen Evans, Nellie O'Connell. We legret to reconl the death of Mr. John Gollar, one of the oldest residents of Dunedin, who passed away on Friday List at the ad\anced age ot 83 years. The deceased, who was a native of London, came to New Zealand in lSo',', anl tried his luck at gold digging in Tuapeka. Shortly alter he commenced business as a baker in Dunedin, which he continued up to the time of his death The deceased was a fen cut Catholic, and died fortified by all the rites ot the Church. The funeial took place; on Monday atternoon at the Noithern Cemetery, when the bunal sen ice was read by the Rev. Father C oPey, Adm — R IP. A very pleasant gathering took place on Friday afternoon in the reading-ioom of St. Joseph's Hall, which \\ as tastefully decorated for the occasion, when Ihe acti\e members ot the Society of St. Vincent de Paul presented the picsident, Mrs Jackson, prior to her departure for Greymouth, with an illuminated address and a handsome silver sugar basin and cream jug, bearing the following inscription • 'To Mrs Jackson, from the members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, i\'o\ ember. 1005 ' The Rev. Father Coffey, Adm , made the presentation, and in the course of his remarks paid a well deserved tribute of praise to the good work done by Mrs Jackson, especially that in connection with the orphanage. It was only those immediately connected with the Society, said he, who had any idea of the extent of her work for the poor, the afllicted, and the orphan. On behalf of his Lordship the Bishop and the clergy he thanked Mrs. Jackson for what she had done, and wished her happiness and prosperity in her new home in Greymouth The following is a copy of the address, which was signed by Mrs. Callan (vice-president), Miss D. Purton (hon. secretary), and the other active members of the Society :— 1 Dear Mrs. Jackson,— lt is no exaggeration to say

that we, your fellow workers in the Dunedin St. Vincent de Paul Society, are dismayed at the thought that you are leaving us, for we feel that it will be almost impossible to replace you. For some years past you have given all your leisure time to the work of the Society, and no one but God knows all the good that you have done ; the books of the Society record the number of cases that are helped, but give no indication of the work that each case entails. Your goodness of heart and generosity of nature make the doing of charitable deeds a labour of love to you, and you have never grudged time or trouble if there were any possibility of doing good. We know that in the life to come God will reward you abundantly, but we most sinceiely trust that in this world also you may experience the happiness you deserve.' A very successful entertainment was given by the pupils of the Convent School, Port Chalmers, in the Fol esters' Hall on Friday evening. The programme was as follows :— lnstrumental duet (3 pianos and organ), Misses Anderson, Borlase (2), Hart, Drake, Wilson, and Ruddy ; chorus, the pupils, assisted by the choir ; dialogue, Masters Albertson (2), Flynn (2), Neil, Clark, Fountain, Varney, Moir, Marr, Johnson, and Smith ; vocal duet, Misses Anderson, Borlase, Hart, and Salter; dance and tableau, Misses McDermott, McCann, Ruddy (2), Anderson, Drake, Osbe-n, McAlpine, Simpson, and Johnson ; song and chorus. Master Hart and senior boys; Aocal solo, Miss Salter ; piano solo, Miss Varney. The first part concluded with the cantata, ' The White Garland,' in which the following took part, Misses Hart, Ruddy, Osborn, Anderson, Mackie, Simpson, and O'Halloran, Masters Carey, Mead, and Moir. The second part opened with an instrumental duet (3 pianos and organ) by Misses Osborn, Albertson, Wilson, McDermott, Ruddy, Drake, and Master Albertson ; then followed a song, Misses Mackie, O'llalloran, Simpson, Birkner, Amalfitano, Varney, Waltrodarf, and Percy ; song and drill, Masters Docherty, Mackie, Fountain, Carey, Hart, Mead, Flynn (2), Moir, and Varney ; vocal duet, Misses Ilait and Salter ; skipping-rope dance, Misses Anderson Ruddy, and Varney ; instrumental duet (3 pianos and organ), Misses Borlase (2), Anderson, Wilson, Ruddy, Hart, and Drake The final item but one was a farce, in which the characters were sustained by Masters Mead, Hart, Doherty, Varney, Mackie, Carey, and Amalfitano. The entertainment, which was well attended and successful from every point of view, was brought to a close by the singing of ' Zealandla ' by the pupils, assisted by the choir.