WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, 3 December 1908, Page 23

WELLINGTON

(From an occasional correspondent.) » \ • November

30. The pupils of the Marist Brothers' School, Boulcoit street, will hold their annual entertainment in the Town Hall on Wed n«sday. December 16.

The annual spiritual retreat for the Children of Mary and ladies of the Te Aro parish will commence on December 7. It will be conducted by Rev. Father Kimbell, S.M.

There was Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from the last Mass until after Vespers in St. Joseph's Church on Sunday. There was the usual procession in the evening, in which the Children of Mary and other societies participated.

Messrs. J. McCusker and P. McGrath have been appointed members of the executive of the Wellington Catholic Club, and Mr. J. J. Callaghan has been appointed a delegate of the same club on the local Amateur Athletic Association.

It is with sincere regret that I have to record the death of Sergeant Kyran Whelan, who passed away at the residence of his son-in-law, Webb street, on November 27, in his seventysixth year. He was one of the fast-diminishing band of veteran soldiers who saw service in the North Island in the early sixties. He was born in Ireland in 1833, and served in the Chinese war of 1860-1 under General Gordon. On returning to England he was made a recruiting sergeant in the 2nd Battalion of the 14th Regiment, came with his regiment to NewZealand, and took part in the Maori War. He saw service in the Waikato and at Waitara, and when the Regiment was ordered Home became a member of the Armed Constabulary stationed in Taranaki. When the district was vacated by the Constabulary he was left in charge at Opunake, and later, when the force was merged into the police, he was appointed sergeant of police for the Patea district. He remained in the police force until 1898, when he retired on pension (with a record f 50 years' army and police service to his credit). The deceased leaves five daughters, all of wliom are married and settled in different parts of New Zealand. A Requiem Mass was celebrated in St. Mary of the Angels' Church, followed by the interment in the Mount Street Cemetery. The Rev. Father Schaefer, S.M., officiated at the graveside. R.I. P.