The Irish Delegates

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 4, 24 January 1907, Page 14

The Irish Delegates

(From our Christchurch correspondent.)

The amount of subscriptions raised for the Home Rule fund in the Ashburton County, totals nearly £20U.

The total amount collected in South Canterbury through the Timaru committee (Waima~l>e" district making a separate collection) for the Home Rule fund is £875 6s 6d.

Mr, J. T. Donovan arrived in Christchurch from the south on last Tuesday /evening. During his stay in thi-s city he was -a guesl of the Very Key. the Vicar-General at the episcopal residence. He met many vi the clergy and leading sympathisers- of' the - Home Rule movement and spent - Wednesday at the Exhibition. On Thursday he left for the West Coast.

A 'meeting of the committee in connection with the recent visit of Mr. J. Devlin, M.P., to Christchufrch was held on last Friday evening. The Very Rev. Father Le Menant JLes Chesnais,- S.M,, V.G., presided, and there was a good attendance. The secretary (Mr. E. O'Connor) presented- a. report and balance sheet, which showed that £200 from all sources was dn hand to pay over to the treasurer of the fund. Votes of thanks were passed for exceptional services rendered by the Very Rev. chairman and the H.A.C.B. Society, for generous assistance, and to Messrs. E. O'Connor - (secretary), P. Burke, and W. Jones.