DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 22 July 1909, Page 1144

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The Very Rev. Father O'Donnell, of Gore, in a letter to a friend in Dunedin, states that he reached Quebec ou June 11, after a delightful trip down the St. Lawrence River. The St. Patrick's Literary and Social Club, South Dunedin, held a very successful meeting in St. Patrick's Schoolroom last week. The programme opened with songs by members, after which followed impromptu speeches on subjects balloted for. Considering that the speakers had no time for preparation, they did remarkably well. The Rev. Father O'Malley presided, and was assisted by Messr3. Shiel, Marlow, andSaunders in seeing that the debaters kept to the subjects under discussion, and did not exceed tho timo limit. The sale of work which was opened in the Sacred Heart School, North-East Valley, on Wednesday evening of last week was a great success. Owing to the large quantity of unsold goods on hand on Saturday night, it was decided to continue the sale on Monday afternoon and evening. The net result amounted to about £220, divided as follows among the various stalls : No. 1 (Mrs. Herbert), £52 3s 3d ; No. 2 (Miss Carroll and the Children of Mary), £66 10s 4d; No. 3. (Mesdames Hungerford, Mowat, and Duffy), £7$ 10s; refreshment (Mrs. Moloney), ahout £12 15s. An orchestra, under Mr. J. Wood, gave selections each evening. The North-East Valley Church and School are now in the very satisfactory position of being free of debt. The annual meeting of St. Joseph's Cathedral choir was held in St. Joseph's Hall on Thursday evening, Bth inst., Rev. Father O'Reilly presiding. Rev. Father Coffev, Adm., was also present. The usual report of* the work done during the year was read and adopted. Amongst other matters, special mention was made of the attendance of members. Owing to removals from Dunedin, the services of some very valuable members were lost, and to fill those vacancies all were invited to hand in names of prospective members, so that arrangements could be made for their enrolment. It was announced that several motets had been procured and bound in volumes, and it was intended to place several of these motets in practice at an early date. A vote of thanks was tendered to the committee for their services during the year. The rev. president, in the course of his remarks, thanked members on hehalf of his Lordship the Bishop and the Cathedral clergy for their services during the past year. Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., Messrs. A. Vallis, P. Carolin, T. J. Hussey,. Hughes, and M. Curran also spoke of the satisfactory progress made by the choir. In addition to the president (Rev. Father O'Reilly) and the choirmaster (Mr. A. Vallis"), the following were elected to hold office for the ensuing year : Hon. conductor, Mr. T. J. Hussey ; librarian, Mr. A. Graham; secretary, Mr. M. Curran (re-elected). After refreshments had been partaken of, a short musical programme was contributed by Misses Pound, L. Bryant, and Flynn, and Messrs. Poppelwell, M. Coughlan, and A. Graham.