ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, 8 July 1909, Page 12

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON

(From Our Own Correspondent.) July 3. On Tuesday Miss Mary Dempsey, of Mangamaire, was married to Mr. J. Lynch at the Catholic Church, Pahiatua. Rev. Father T. McKenna officiated. The Rev. Father Herring, S.M., officiated' on Wednesday morning at St. Joseph's Church at the marriage of Miss Alice Ward to Mr. A. J. Fernie. The secondary and Catholic school children in the Hufct district are invited by the Hutt Valley Horticultural Society to take part in the planting of trees in the Hutt Park on Arbor Day. On Wednesday Miss Mary Bushby, of Tenui, was married to Mr. Charles Ireland, of Melbourne, at St. Joseph's Church, Tenui. The ceremony was performed by Very Rev. Dean McKenna. The Very Rev. Father Keogh, S.M., 8.A., late Rector of St. Patrick's College, has left Wellington for Auckland, where he will be the guest of Bishop Lenihan for a month, after which he leaves for Hastings to take charge of that parish. The many friends of Colonel R. J. Collins congratulated him on his well-merited decoration of the Imperial Service Order recently conferred upon him by his Majesty. On Thursday he completed 44 years' service, and he expressed the hope that during the remaining years he was spared bo serve the King he would merit the approbation of all witn v/hom ho was associated. A very pleasant gathering, held under the auspices of the Wellington Catholic Club, took place on Wednesday evening, June 30, in St. Patrick's Hall. The proceedings took the form of a euchre tournament, in which about 50 people were engaged. The ladies' prizes were won by Misses o' Sullivan and Anderson, and the gentlemen's by Messrs. Wright and D. Fouhy. After the prize-winners responded, refreshments were partaken of, and the functioi was brought to a close. Victoria Hall, Adelaide Road, was crowded on Wednesday evening on the occasion of the social gathering held by the parishioners of St. Anne's, Newtown. A very enjoyable concert programme was provided, the following contributing items: Rev. Father McDonald (violin solo). Misses M. Murray, N. Strickland, and Messrs. G. Foots and E. Reade (songs). The ladies of the parish had control of the supper room. It is expected that a considerable sum for the St. Anne's School fund will be realised as a result of the function. The committee are deserving of oommendation for the manner in which the arrangements for the gathering were made. There was a large and enthusiastic gathering of members and their friends at the French Club at the Hotel Windsor on Tuesday night to bid good-bye to Madame Bontean, who left Wellington for Marseilles on Friday. After a programme of songs and recitations had been gone through, the president (Monsieur Duflou) presented Madame Bontean, on behalf of the members, with a token of their esteem, and wished her a safe journey. After the recipient had replied, supper was handed round, and • the very successful function was brought to a close by ail present singing 'La Marseillaise.' - On Monday night the Sailors' Rest was crowded with seafaring men and their "friends, who thoroughly enjoyed the concert which was given under the auspices of the Wellington Catholic Seamen's Conference. An appreciative programme was gone through, the following contributing items: Misses A. and M. Frith (songs), N. and K. Hickey (dances), McCarthy (piano solo), E. Scanlan (Scotch reel), E. Strickland (song), K. Sullivan (song), Messrs. G. H. Foote (song), Hogg (song), F. Parkes (song), Pollard (flute and piccolo solos), D. Twohill (song), and Master F. Walsh (song). The accompaniments were played ry Misses Craig, Frith, and McCarthy. Captain Bonner, on behalf of the Sailors' Rest members, thanked the conference for providing such a splendid entertainment. On Thursday evening, at Sydney Street Hall, the members of St. Patrick's College Old Boys' Association held their sixth annual social gathering. They were determined that it should be a great success, and spared no pains to make it one. The function was, as usual, most successful, and the committee (Messrs. J. E. Butler, W. E. Butler, A. H. Casey, R. W. Collins, A. Fay, J". Finlay, B. Gallagher, S. J. Moran, and F. Ryan, with B. J. Devine and F. E. Kelly joint hon. secretaries) are once more to be sincerely congratulated. Blue and white are the colors

of St. Patrick's College, so the hall was draped with bluo and white muslin, and the supper tables were decorated with pale blue ribbons and ornaments as well as with narcissi. The stage was draped with, pale blue and white, and, with its fine array of palms and other plants, presented a most pleasing spectacle.