CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11, 19 March 1908, Page 17

CHRISTCHURCH

(By telegraph from c.ur own correspondent;)) - : , The solemnity of the festival of: the Apostle:- of Ireland was observed in the Cathedral on Sunday. - At the first Mass, celebrated by his -Lordship the <" Bishop ** a large body of members of the H.A.C.B. Sodiety approached the Holy "Table, and at the eleven o'clock" Mass the Rev. Father Price, Adm., delivered a very fine panegyric of- St. Patrick^ - " On Tuesday night the annual Irish national ..'concert, under the auspices of the St. Patrick's' Day celebration committee, and in aid of that most worthy local charity, Nasareth House, was given in- His Majesty's Theatre. The celebration was under the patron- : age of - nig Excellency the Governor Lord Plunket, . Sir, J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G., his Lordship Bishop Grimes, S.M., Sir George Clifford, Bart., his Worship the Mayor and City Councillors, and other prominent citizens. The general- committee and sub-committees, which- controlled the various arrangements, worked long and zealously in connection with the event', . a nd apparently nothing was omitted whereby complete success could be assured. The ladies' committee aided most energetically The following was the programme :— Part I. —Overture,' 1 Memories- of Ireland,' Orchestra ; song, ' To my. first love,' Mr. R. Allea^" song, ' Phelim's wake,' Mr®. CM. , Brooke; song, 'The minstrel boy/ Mr.-R.- Vincent ; sting, ' Come back to Erin,,' Mrs. Gower-Burns;; violin solo, ' Hungarian dance,' Miss Thackerey ; song,. ' Off to Philadelphia,' Mr. J. E. H'amill. * P^rt ll.— March, i< Irish hearts,' Orchestra ; song, c Mistress Prue,' Mr. R. Vincent ; song, * Kathleen v Mavourneen, ' - Mrs. Gower-Burns ; grand instrumental ■selection, -- ' Moonlight,' Mr. E. J. Painter's Ladies' Estudiantina--Band"; song, 'She is. far from the land,' Mr. Claude Allan ; song, ' The exile,' Mrs. C. Iff.Brooke; song, 'Father O'Flynn,'.,,Mr. J. E. Hamill.. Miss Katie Young was accompanist"; and Mr. G-. H> Scarse musical director a,nd conductor. . This is - the first occasion here that. Mr. Scarse has organised and directed a concert programme, and the result was everything -to be desired. Mr. E. J. Painter was. leader of the orchestra. -■The concert was a brilliant success. The audience crow--ded the full limits of the theatre. Amon^. those Resent v were his Lordship the Bishop, the clergy of- the city and surrounding districts. The programme numbers elicited the gre a test enthusiasm, and there were , recalls in cv- „ cry instance. . . •-■ -