DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 40, 3 October 1907, Page 24

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

our own correspondent.) September 27. Next Sunday evening the Cathedral choir will render the oratorio, the ' Creation,' in lieu of the Vesper service. ' The Rev. Father" Bar tiey is expected here within the next few weeks to take up work in the Auckland diocese. A successful concert was given in the Foresters' Hall,. Devjojnppxt, last evening, in ai;d of the parish funds, and was a great success. Rev. Father Duffy, who has for some time back .been an inmate of the Mater MiserjLcordiae Hospital, is now, I am pleased to say, able to resume his duties at St. Benedict's. On Tuesday evening next a meeting of those inltercsted in the forthcoming bazaar in aid of the Cathedral building fund will take place. The bazaar will be held in February. An 'At home ' was tendered last Tuesday, the feast of Our Lady of Mercy, by the Sisters of Mercy at the convent, Ponsonby, to the ex-pupils- of the Sis--ters. It was a very enjoyable function. Dominion Day was but half-heartedly celebrated here. It appeared as though ' party ' played a prominent part in it. Anything emanating from the other side moist be discouraged, that was the hidden keynote. The local papers arose above this paltry spirit. St. Bonaventura Hall, Parnell, was crowded to 'the doors last Wednesday and Thursday evenings, the occasion being the production by an amateur company connected with St. John's Church of the musical play in two acts, ' The Goose Girl.' The hearty applause bestowed upon the various characters evidenced the audience's thorough appreciation of their merit. The role of Lady Di (afterwards the ' Goose Girl ') received a very capable rendering at the hands of Miss Hogan, whose singing and acting was warmly appreciated, while Mr. F. Bourke, as 'King Pepin, and Miss Stanton as Hilda, both filled, their parts with no small ■measure of credit. Miss Fitt, as Fairy Goodness, in which she controlled the dainty and graceful evolutions of a number of children dressed as fairies, was also] the recipient of applausive appreciation, while the other characters all iilled their parts more or less capably. The mounting, and dressing of the piece were excellent, while the whole performance reflected the greatest credit on players and management. The success of the entertainment was due to a committee of the ladies of the parish, prominent amongst whom "were the Misses Mulvaney.