ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3, 30 January 1908, Page 22

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

{From our own correspondent.) January 25. * The Rev. Father Moldney is at present oh a visit to Waimate. . Hjis Grace the Archbishop left this morning for Hunteryille, .he. will ofificia-te to-morrow rin^connection .with • the' alterations recently, made to the localchurch. The contract for the erection of the new church- for the Redemiptorist Fathers has been let- to Messrs. Campbell and Bourke at £5000. Mr. J. R. Swan- is the architect. - . ; I regret to record the death on Sunday*, last of the wife of Mr. W. Nidd, of Wellington. The deceased lady was only in. her 27th year. The funeral took place on Tuesday, the. body being interred in the Catholic cemetery, Mount street.— R.l. P. . On Sunday- the Rev. Father O' Sullivan" preached both morning and evening in St. Joseph's Church. , Tile • suibect of -his' remarks- was mission work" in .West. Africa and- 'Egypt. -Spealing of the growth of Catholicism in Western Africa, the. Rev. Fat-her stated that there ,w } ere jiow. 30,000. Catholic natives, three Bishops, 2QO priests, 100 Sisters, and over 50 churches— a* sue- • cess which: had $sst the lives of hundreds of devoted men and -women. The recent fire at the -Parliamentary Buildings .destroyed ,some of the" examination papers of. the Welling-, ton students. These latter must therefore needs await' • the results ofj, T^he .second .examination in iriany instances. The results of the first examination, as. based on the pa-pers that escaped the flames, show that seven students from St. Patrick's College weie successful. The list will no dohubt be increased when the results of the .secQind .^examination are known. The .Concert Chamber of - the Town Hall Was crowded on T^e^sday , evening, when the -Rev. Father O'Sul-liva-n lectured on 'Egypt ' in -aid of the African sions. -His- Worship the Mayor presided. The, lecture ' was illustrated' by a large number of lantern views of - Egyptian, .scenery ..and objects of interest. " The, rev. gehtlerrtan i_s.« a lecturer of . great ability, and thejarge nuaniber^sl present were accorded a rare- treat. As jsrery many people could -not secure - admission "on - Tuesday, he has' consented to lecture again on Thursday next. -An event that caused much grief and, regret was the death on -Friday of Master James Boyce, -second sqn. of Mrs. Boyce, of Tonics Grove. The deceased, ,who - .was. only an his 18th year, was a lad of consider- • able promise, and one .held in high esteem by :his.fellow's. He had " only been ailing far about ten days". The funeral took- -place iio-d.ay, a large number- of- young ' men following >the body, to the 'graveside. , The burial service at* St. . 'Joseph ' t s Church jwas conducted -by Rev. Father Yenning, assisted by Very Rev_. Father )Ceogh; and that' at the graveside -by Very Rev. Father ~'Keogh.- Deep sympathy is ielfc for the bereaved family in the loss of so promising a menVber.— R.LP.