DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5, 1 February 1906, Page 19

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(From our own correspondent.) January 26. The annual retreat of the clergy of the diocese concludes this afternoon at the Sacred Heart College. At the last meeting of the Auckland branch of the 11.A.C.8. Society the following officers were elected for the ensuing term : President, Bro. .John O'Brien ; vicepresident, Bro. Thomas Pound ; secretary Bro. Wm. Kane (re-elected) ; treasurer, Bro. D. Flynn (re-elected); warden, Bro. C. Mulholland ; guardian, Bro. Stevenson ; sick Aisitors, Bros. M Carmody and -John Bowden ; as-sistant-secretary. Bro. J. B. R. Stead ; auditors, Bros. Jas. Smith and F. J. O'Meara. The officers were installed by Past President Bro. J. B. R. Stead. The plans for the alterations to St. Patrick's (."lithedral have bee-n shown to me by his Lordship the Bishop, and are extensive and complete. When finished the church will present an appearance more in keeping with its dignity and importance. Subscriptions are coming in to the Bishop, though he has not yet made a public appeal. While here at Christmas time Sir George Clifford promised £100 towards the work. It is to be hoped that his Lordship will be heartily supported by his people in this most necessary work, which should have been long ago undertaken had circumstances permitted it. Several of the students of the Sacred Heart College were successful in the recent Junior Civil Service and Matriculation examinations. In the Junior Civil' Service examination Peter Amodeo, Richard Simmons?, Herbert Allen, Rupert Knight, Cecil McDavitt, Brendan Lavery, and George Hansen secured passes, and Peter Amodeo and Rupert Knight matriculated and passed the Solicitors' General Knowledge examination. When such

successes are achieved, what a shame it is that many Catholic parents and guardians ignore our Catholic colleges and send their children and charges to institutions where secular training is no better and religious knowledge is under a ban. The Sacred Heart College will re-open on Monday, February 5. Both local journals state, through their Wellington correspondents, that Mr. P. J. Nerhcny is likely to be offered a seat in the Legislative Council. In Hibernian circles throughout New Zealand he is well and favourably X*nown. Not to be outdone, our Harbor Board, under its new engineer, Mr. Hamery, is rapidly putting in hand permanent, works. Ferro-concrete wharves, in particular, are a feature. The one on the eastern side of the city now well on to completion, is an object of great interest, especially to visitors. Our energetic Mayor, Mr. Arthus M. Myers, in pursuance of promise has formulated a scheme for a Greater Auckland. Of course the proposals are of a tentative nature, but they will afford food for reflection and discussion for the next few months in the city and its surrounding twelve local bodies. Anyone who knows the configuration of Auckland must admit the wisdom and necessity for a central authority on a more splendid scale.