Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 21, 28 May 1908, Page 24

Timaru

(From our own correspondent.) ■ " . May 18. 'His Lordship Bishop Grimes will make a visitation of the. parish on next Sunday. week, and also administer the Sacrament of Confirmation. Rev. Father McDermott, C.SS.R., brought . the week's mission at St. Andrews to a close last night. The church was crowded. During the course of the mission nearly every adult in the district approached the Holy Table. Rev. Father Tubman was present at the closing ceremonies. There passed away on Thursday last Mrs. Egan, relict of the late Mr. Jeremiah Egan, in her 49th year. The deceased lady was a native of Tralee, County Kerry, and came to the Dominion thirty years ago. She lived for some time at St. Andrews, and then with her husband carried on business at Fairlie and later at Timaru. She leaves three daughters to mourn their loss. She died fortified by all the rites of the Church. The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon, and the large number of persons who took part in it showed the esteem and respect in which the departed was held. Rev. Father Tubman officiated at the graveside, and was assisted by the Very Rev. Father Regnault.— R.l. P. The efforts of the Rev. Father Le Floch in establishing the Celtic Club have been crowned with complete success. The membership of the club is about one hundred, and all the members approached the Holy Table on the close of the mission last Sunday week. In the football field they have made astonishing progress, and instead of the one team of a year or so ago, r they now compete in all grades except the senior, and probably they will be represented in that division next year. On Thursday last they made a brilliant performance, defeating the Pirates by 22 to nil, Geraldine by 9 to nil, and Timaru by 12 points to nil.

May 25. On May 14, Miss Cicely Lewis Harney, second daughter of Mr. Thomas Harney, Craigie Avenue, was united in the bonds of Matrimony to Mr. Thomas Burke, of Wanganui. Rev. Father Tubman performed the ceremony, and the bride was given away by her father, Mr. T. Harney. The Ilarney family is one of the oldest and most respected in Timaru, and as the bride has also taken a prominent part in all matters connected with the church, quite a large congregation assembled for the Nuptial Mass and to wish the newly married couple every happiness. During the same week Mr. Joseph M. Dunne was married to Miss Evelyn Smith, Rev. Father Tubman officiating. Mr. Joseph Dunne is the eldest son of Mr. James Dunne, Buchanan street, and both father and son are widely known and highly respected throughout the district. On the eve of his marriage Mr. Dunne got a handsome presentation from his firm (the Canterbury Farmers'). On making the presentation the general manager (Mr. J. P. Newman) eulogised Mr. Dunne as a thorough gentleman and clerk, punctual, trustworthy, and absolutely reliable. He, on behalf of the firm and staff, wished Mr. Dunne every success.