Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, 3 December 1908, Page 23

Timaru

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

November 28.

In the musical examination held here last week in connection with the Associated Board, the Catholic teachers, as usual, scored well. Miss E. Dennehy sent up and passed three pupils in the following grades :-Advanced, Margaret M. Dennehy (a pupil not yet twelve jcars old, and perhaps the first in the Dominion to get through so young) ;. lower division, A. C. Wood; primary division, M. O'Meeghan. Miss E. Fitzgerald was successful with M. Legar in the elementary, and I. Legar in the primary division. Miss Syme sent up M. Barrie, who got his elementary certificate; and Mr. Clarke,' of Fairlie, succeeded in getting a

pass for J. J. Wright in the advanced grade. ' All the passes, except three, were secured by Catholic teachers.

On night the boys of the Catholic School gave another successful concert to a crowded house in the Theatre Royal. The, drill was excellent, the singing showed careful ti-aining, and the histrionic ability of the boys in the trial scene from ' The Merchant of Venice ' was of a .high order. Some excellent choruses were given. . Masters O'Meeghan and F. McGrath sang nicely the duet ' Whispering hope,' and Masters O'Meeghan, Brosnahan, Mackenzie, and McGrath gave the popular quartet ' The Vesper hymn. ' Master E. Brosnahan got a fine reception for his number, and Master J. Godfrey's song was also redemanded. A short sketch entitled 'The Rival Speakers,' and the trial scene before-mentioned, filled up a highly enjoyaJbte programme. The enunciation of the boys was excellent. , >