ARCHDIOCESE: OF WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 20, 20 May 1909, Page 14

ARCHDIOCESE: OF WELLINGTON

(From Our Own Correspondent.) May 15. As the_Rev. Father O'Meara, of Feilding, is still unwell a priest from Wellington relieves him of his duties every Sunday. Last Wednesday the members of St. Anne's Club and the Children of Mary held a euchre party and social gathering in the local club rooms, Newtown. Mr. W. J. Mahoney, lately a prominent member of St. Mary's Church, has teen appointed Deputy Registrar of births, marriages, and deaths at Hawera. Rev. Father Kimbell, S.M., left' Wellington on Friday for Nelson, where he will join the Rev. Father O'Connell, S.M., and both will conduct a mission in the district during the next three weeks. " -—- There was a large attendance of members at St. Anne's Club last Tuesday evening, when the debate, ' Is the present system of volunteering sufficient for the defence of

the Colony P ' took place. After an animated discussion those present decided in the affirmative. A ladies' branch of the St. Vincent de Paul Society was inaugurated last week in the Thorndon parish. Twentyfive active members have already taken part in the work. Messrs. M. H. McCarthy and-Dwyer have been elected vice-presidents of the St. Joseph's Conference of the St. Vincent de-Paul Society. Bro. Savage has taken up the secretarial duties of the Particular' Council during Bro. Reichel's absence in Europe. Mr. E. J. Fitzgibbon, 8.A., LL.B., last Friday addressed the boys of the St. Aloysius' Club, Newtown, on 'How to read and how to speak.' There was a large gathering of members present, who took great interest in the various points and instructions brought forward by the speaker. i At the fourth annual meeting of the delegates to the Wellington Literary and Debating Societies' Union which was held on Friday, Mr. M. O'Kane was elected hon. treasurer of the Union. The meeting passed a vote of thanks -to Mr. A. H. Casey, who has retired from the vicepresidency after being actively connected with the Union since its inception. , Both the above gentlemen are prominent officers of the' Wellington""t3atholie Club. There are now twelve societies in the union, nine of whom took part in .the annual debating tournament. The Society for Promoting the Health of Women and Children held its first annual meeting last Friday afternoon in the Town Hall. His Worship the Mayor (Dr. A. K. Newman) presided. There was a large number of ladies present. The annual report mentioned that over 1000 visits had been paid by the Plunket nurse during the year, over 200 in one month. The members spoke highly in praise of the Plunket nurse, Mrs. Macdonald. Rev. Mother Mary Joseph Aubert and Mrs. A. A. Corrigan were elected on the committee for the ensuing year. The boundary line between Thorndon and Te Aro parishes has been adjusted under the decree of his Grace Archbishop Redwood. Starting from the entrance of - the Queen's Wharf, across the Post Office Square to Grey St., thence to Kelburne Avenue, across Wellington Terrace, to the Tramway Avenue, proceeding along the Kelburno tram line to its present terminus in Kelburne, thence by Upland Road as far as its junction with Plunket St., by Cemetery Road to Highbury Road, along Highbury Road to the sea coast. At the annual fortnightly meeting of the St. Patrick's branch of the H.A.C.B. Society, held on May 10, a vote of condolence, with Bro. J. J. Ward on the death of his wife was passed. As the -next triennial movable meeting of the District Board will be held in Wellington next February a strong and enthusiastic committee was formed for the purpose of entertaining the delegates from the various branches throughout the Dominion who are expected to take part in the meeting. Bro. Jas. McCusker was elected to the position of secretary of the committee. Bro. M. Sheahan, J.P., of Auckland, paid a visit to the local branch meeting. Bro. Pender, late president of the Christchurch branch, who has now taken up his residence in Wellington, has become a member of the St. Aloysius' branch. Newtown.