HIBERNIAN SOCIETY

New Zealand Tablet, 7 April 1910, Page 537

HIBERNIAN SOCIETY

.Th 0 following further particulars ■ regarding the tribvn our m w.ir ir eetlng of the , H.A.C.B. Society, forwarded nosday mornhiS corre spondent, came to hand on Weddri vP n + L atUrd 'f y ’i April 2 -’ tlie dele S ates were taken for a wi n th n route being via Hutt. On the way out the siectld n C T P !J iy s , i d S ear Company’s Works were inspected, and, thanks to the courtesy of these companies, the delegates were highly pleased and impressed with what & ha M Seen -, r^ l T h was partaken of at Bellevue Gardens. _ Mason s Gardens were also visited, and on the return journey afternoon tea was served at Mr. Hodgins’ Hotel, Lower Hutt. • b . , A the 8 o’clock Mass on Sunday about 200 Hibernians, including representatives from Wellington, Newtown, and it 1 , branches, as well as the ladies’ branch, received Holy Communion. After Mass a procession was formed, and all marched to Carroll’s Tea Rooms for breakfast, which was under the management of lady friends of the Hibernians. At the conclusion, a procession was again formed which proceeded to the Sacred Heart Basilica for half-past 10 o clock Mass. In the afternoon the delegates and their friends and members of the different branches, in four brakes, were driven round the Queen’s Drive to the Sacred Heart Convent, where afternoon tea was served. The Home of Compassion was also visited, and in the evening all attended devotions at St. Gerard’s Church (Redemptonst). Sermons during the morning and evening were appropriately preached by the Rev. Fathers C. J. Venning. Herbert, S.M., and Creagh, C.SS.R. ’