Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 20, 20 May 1909, Page 15

Timaru

(From Our Own Correspondent.) A most successful social was given by the- Young Men's Club in their rooms on last Tuesday week, progressive euchre being the chief event of the evening. There was a large attendance, and a pleasant evening was- spent. The prizes fell to Mr. J. Purvis and Miss Ryan, the consolation trophies going to Miss McAteer and Mr. D. Doyle. On Wednesday evening the Avoca Hockey Club gave a return social in the girls' school. There was an overflowing attendance. At the close of the progressive euchre

competition an enjoyable supper was partaken of, and the prizes were awarded to Mr. Geddes and Miss 0. Dunne. Mr. M. Driscoll, of Kerrytown, a widely known and highly respected resident of the Kerrytown district, passed away on Sunday, May 9, in his 73rd year. The deceased was a great benefactor of the Pleasant Point church, 'and ' took a deep interest in public affairs during his long and useful life.— B.l.P. The Timaru Herald inserted in its supplement of Saturday week the account of the ' escaped nun ' which was shown- by the Tablet to be a grossly exaggerated story. Evidently the Herald got acquainted with the untrustworthiness of its information after the supplement was printed, for in its issue of the same day it had the courtesy to contradict the "story. \^