WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, 15 October 1908, Page 23

WELLINGTON

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

October io.

The Catholic Club's Federation Executive, is offering prizes for an oratorical competition to be conducted by the several affiliated clubs and for an essay competition. The subject of the essay is ' Some Illustrious Irishmen.,' -

The Catholic Club proposes to form a cricket club this season. The club will not for the present affiliate with the Cricket Association. Mr. J. J. Bourke, a member of the well-known Bourke family of Kilbirnie, is to be married during the month at Dublin to Miss McHugh, a member, of a well-known Catholic family in Dublin. Mr. Bourke left the Dominion in May last for the Old Country. On -Thursday evening representatives from the Petone, Catholic Clab, under the management of Mr. Alfred Coles, were entertained by the Wellington -Catholic Club. A games tournament was held, in which the visitors were victorious. A verypleasant evening was spent by membcrs^of both societies. The City Club was represented by Mr; A. H : Casey as chairman. The Rev. Father O'Connell, S.M., who has just' completed a mission at Taihape, begins very soon a retreat for the Sisters of Compassion, Buckle street. The Rev. Father will be engaged in this retreat for about eight days, and will then leave the city to conduct retreats "at -the several towns "along the Main Trunk line. ~ The results of the Trinity College musical examinations are to hand, and reflect in more than the ordinary degree to the credit of. our Sisters of Mercy. This year's results are even more satisfactory than - the splendid results of previous years The examiner stated that the -singing of the convent pupils was the most finished singing he had heard on his travels. Perhaps the most noteworthy success was that achieved by Miss Agnes Segrief, who"gained the distinction of A.T.C.L., with the splendid and rare record of 98 per cent. Miss Teresa McEnroe was entitled to two gold medals, but did not enter for the competition. „ Other prize-winners were Miss Aicken and Miss Card both convent pupils. These grand results prove conclusively the great work done by our Sisters in the musical' training of their pupils. ' [One folio" or this letter has not come to 'hand. The detailed lists of successful candidates at the Trinity College musical examination were sent by our correspondent, but they are already given m an earlier letter that appears elsewhere in our columns — Ed. N.Z. Tablet.\