DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 48, 28 November 1907, Page 14

DIOCESE OF CHRISTCHURCH

(From our own 1 correspondent.)

November 25. In his collecting mission in aid of the Cathedral f " nd) the Rev. Father O'Connell was at. Little River, in the Aktaroa parochial district, on. Sunday last. He is to be at Akaroa on next Sunday, and will afterwards visit the Lincoln parish.

His Lordship the Bishop has had an attack of the prevailing influenza epidemic, through which he has been confined to his room during the past two weeks. Although somewhat recovered, absolute rest, is essential and some little time must necessarily elapse before his Lordship may resume his ordinary duties.

At the recent examinations held by the Associated Board of the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music the following candidates of the convent schools passed successfully :-Harp (Intermediate)-Sis-ters of Notre Dame des Missions -Annie Riordan Sism^m^pT'ii Lyttelton-Pianoforte (Elementary)tt k, laCk l? r - , Prim ary-Essie Blogg, Lulu Hannay, Kathleen Haydon. Sisters of Notre Dame Missions-Pianoforte (Elementary)-Mary and Rosa McCormack. Primary-Teresa Mfrmivn (distinction)! K. S^ /r ar * (distinction), Eily Murphy, Maggie Daly Molhe O'Malley, Amy Prosser, Olive Prosslf HarpElementary— Sarah Anson. ' y t ■ he o^ n I t^ r f stic .. c*e *P lorin g vessel, ( Nimrod,' from which Lieut. Shakleton intends making a dash for the South Pole, arrived at Lyttelton on Saturday. The • Nimrod' S, ??} aller *]»*? any of the vessels engaged lii Capt. bcott s expedition a few years ago, but is very strongly built to resist the pack-ice, and thoroughly equipped for SS Z 9^ in fif Wl ? iCh She is t0 be engaged ' Whils 1 ? he?e Si ™ ? ■ m P r ?P aratl on • for departure in January naA *f**™*\T>ori<*, which are to take a promS part in the land journey of exploration, arrived some

time ago, and are located on Quail Island awaiting shipment to the scene of operations.