DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 14 April 1910, Page 575

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(By Telegraph from our own correspondent.) . April 11. Rev. Father' Williams has been transferred from St. Benedict’s to Pukekohe parish. Rev. Father Kennedy, 0.F.M., and Rev. Father Dunne, of Wilcannia., arrived here yesterday from Sydney. The latter is on a holiday visit to the thermal district. The Rev, Mother Salmon, Superior of the Sacred Heart nuns in Australasia and Japan, arrived here yesterday, being accompanied by Mother Knight. • The two Australian priests who arrived yesterday expressed pleasure at the improvement effected at the Cathedral since their previous visit. At a meeting of the diocesan clergy last week, which was presided over by the Right Rev. Mgr. Gillan, it was decided to defer until arrival of the new Bishop the proposed memorial to the late Bishop Lenihan. The bazaar in aid of the Marist Brothers’ schools concludes next Thursday night. It has been well patronised, but was handicapped by the wet weather during Easter week. • Rev. Father Lynch has purchased two allotments on the eminence overlooking . Raglan _ township, and purposes reerecting a church there. It is one of the best sites, and commands a splendid view. The plans for the new' brick convent for the Sacred Heart Sisters are being prepared by Mr. Mahoney, architect. The convent will be a splendid massive building, and will face the harbor. When erected upon the magnificent grounds of the Sisters it will rival any . similar institution in Australasia. Several delegates from the south who attended the Hibernian Conference have arrived in Auckland, many of them having visited Rotorua. Yesterday they were driven around the city by the district officers, Rev. Father Holbrook, and friends. Bro. Callaghan, president of _ the Wellington branch, is at present here examining and inquiring into the working of the Auckland tramway clerical system, by order of the Wellington Tramway Committee. He leaves by express to-night, accompanied by Bro. Casey, of Greymouth. The following is a list of the successes gained by teaching staff and pupils attending the schools of the Sisters of Mercy in the Auckland diocese:—Matriculation, 2Class D (partial), 2: Civil Service, 2; Sixth Standard Proficiency, 70; Sixth Standard Competency, 8. Music successes.— Auckland University— certificate, 1; senior grade, 1; intermediate, 1; junior, 2; preparatory, 6 Royal Academy (practical)—Higher division, 1; elementary, 2, preparatory, 5; advanced harmony (theoretical), 1, iudiments 1 ' Trinity College (practical) — grade, rr senior, 4; junior, 14; preparatory, 19 senior honors (theoretical), 1 * senior pass, 1 ; intermediate honors, 1 • intermediate pass, 6; junior honors, 4; junior pass, 7, prenaratorv 9 • Teachers and school successes, 84; music exams, successes, 88. Miss Gladys Nicholson, St. Patrick’s School, obtained the gold medal for highest number of marks, Sixth Standard proficiency, presented by Rev. Mother Aquinas. . .