Masterton

New Zealand Tablet, 9 December 1909, Page 1935

Masterton

t , , (Frotn'^our own cWespondeht.) - r (l - ' 1 ' ' ! ■ •' 1 i,; ■, 1 .December 4. . After the last Mass on Sunday > his iGrace., Archbishop ' Redwood administered' the Sacrament' of Confirmation 1 - to 103' .candidates;-' Miss Donovan' 'acted as. sponsor for the -girls '' ' and 'Mr. 1 Fitzgerald for' the boys. -Hisi Grace,! preached both' morning and evening. The services ' .throughput the' ■day i "were'excellentlyr i attended.«" '.'im. • ,-. r , ,,,,,. , ,>' « ; ']. r" TMii."^: Tl/Mailsfieldj tre'asitrer 1 of theMasteEtonrbrancli lj , ' r,of.,the,N.av.y. lieague,, . delivered^'an-interesting -lecture- at St.' 'last 'evening. "Mr. ' Mansfield > was !ac-'"' , p'p^pknied ? by ,th'e' secretary'; Mr'. 1 E'. 1 R. f 8.. Daniel, and Mt'.'J' r Levi,e i n, / the latter- manipulating the lantern slides. • The' Very Rev.' Dean' McKehna 'presided, and the Rev.; Mother .Superior, was also present. There was a large attendance- I *of., ( gnjddrjjn 'and I 'parents. The speaker referred,' in the ' f! cou'fse pf-ljls 7 remarks, toythe material progress, of Navy.' ' jD^gue r ''in r Masterton <■ siiice- its inauguration t , heje ' some 1 ' .twelve 1 months' ago'.'^'' '• x .' ' /U. < > .', „.;, „,',',' ' ' t > . " ' l}i "' tJ The^['mnaX meeting of the 'H.AiC.B. .was teld ,'." Ja§t iV^ne^day^everiiUg/ "The 1 president'^ (Gßrov. L.-> ( -Richards)'.,, jP.cgUHJe^, (r tlip chair.. ,' r ( 'Tlie .'qit'a'rtorly' balance:; sheet .rtJb^^ncH'^o b"e o inja n good''fihahciar position,; and^hat much ,-jpiiogr^ .]ifj]L^ been'. 'made J r during -the quarter; -^ Ifei^as|dec^ed dl jjo\^^ite^ i 'ih*e)*distric r J;' l ofßcers^of other. society dp visit ■jlvl^s^Qrioip. wjien "oiCinieif/^.ay ' to .'attends rthe. imoyablef meett' gji l 6V"be'j. l^eld^'at' ' Wellington. -'The branch' si/delegat&[tolj the as£e.f tpiirfFriendly 'S6ciei>ie"s ; fCounbil • (sßm ;<, B v iCliapman) H thay 'the u piaße- >i foi' i the' -pibnic on{ ißbxdng^p,ay| in _ Oivhioho'iall {tlie friencllyi sbci ! eliies«thfoughouif r !thQ ? jW J f!,ira]iapa^'( v was; Ifi1 fi ! xcd f for-<Pi^e6nj Bu&h-,uati,dithal;rsp^cisl 17 the ; '6ccasiont{ Mr^iS^O^R^gaii? ' iv '.xu^a^h orH j fl \ "i 1 ;-,