TIMARU

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 12, 21 March 1907, Page 15

TIMARU

(From' our own correspondent.} '

At the social .heM in the Drill 'Stied on Thursday evening, before the principal business" of ' the evening • had come on, Mr. ' T. • Lynch, on behalf of the parishioners, presented Rev. Father Bowden with a gold " Celtic cross" and chain, the inscription- on the 'cross - being : — ' To Rev. Father Bowden, from Timaru friends.' He .briefly referred to the "admirable way that Father B6wden_had managed the affairs of the parish during^ Father Tuibmian's absence, and wished him. every sue-" 1 cess in^fais new sphere -of -riuti°s. Father Bowden, 'in replying, "stated that he; 'had thoroughly erijoye/d' his ■ stay at the Timaru parish, and took ' the Opportunity to thank Rev. Fathers Le Floch and Finnerty for the

cordial way in -which they had seconded his .efforts. Rev. Father Bowden left Timaru for the North by the mid-day express on Saturday, and ' carried with him the cordial regard -oi the many friends he .has left . behind him in Timaru. .