Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 22, 3 June 1909, Page 854

Timaru

(From our own correspondent.") May 31. Our popular stationmaster, Mr. Matheson, is now conductor of the church choir. The Catholic Young Men's Society hold their weekly meetings in the Boys' School, and they are well attended. The prospects so far point to a successful winter session. On Monday last, •in the Sacred Heart Convent, a Timafu young lady, Miss Taylor, was received. Rev. Father Tubman, S.M., officiated^ and the beautiful chapel was nicely decorated for the occasion. Mr. Ward and family left here last week for their new home in the North Island. During their sojourn in Timaru they took a deep and active interest in all Church matters,- and their departure will be regretted by a wide circle of friends. - Those who have the cause of Catholic and Christian education at heart will be pleased to learn that the nuns of the Sacred Heart, who have two magnificent and flourishing branches in Timaru and Wellington, are going to establish another house in Auckland. The Timaru Con-

vent is the original foundation in the Dominion. The Wellington branch was founded only a few years ago.

The Celtic Football Club made a very creditable stand in the four grades on Monday last at the seven-aside tournament. They got into the semi-finals in three grades, and two of them — the Presidents and Juniors — have still to be decided. The Catholic .Schoolboys' football team played the Main School on the Athletic Grounds on Saturday afternoon. The Main School boys were considerably heavier than their opponents, but the dash and fine combination of our boys made up for the advantage, and kept the Main School on the defensive most of the game.' Clarke and McGrath scored for the Marists, and Allan and M. O'Meeghan also put in some good work. The result makes the Marist boys the winners of the first round in the schools' competition for this year.