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New Zealand Tablet, 1 December 1910, Page 1975

XMAS CRIBS Bambino (terracotta); life size ; very best of its kind; suitable for crib in church ; cost £2 16s ; quite new; used only once a real piece of art; price now, only £2. To be seen at Mr. O’Connor’s, Catholic Bookseller, Barbadoes street, Christchurch. Seller will pay all freight expenses. CONVENT OP THE SACRED HEART ISLAND BAY, WELLINGTON. A Retreat for Ladies will be preached by a Redeniptorist Father in January, 1911, beginning Monday evening, January 9, and ending Friday morning, January 13. Ladies who wish to attend it may reside at the Convent during that time. No special invitation is required. Particulars may be obtained by applying to the Mother Superior. _ - ZEALAND RAILWAYS CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS. 1910-1911. EXCURSION FARES. HOLIDAY EXCURSION TICKETS will be issued from any station to any station on the South Island Main Line and Branches from FRIDAY, December 16, to TUESDAY, January 3, inclusive, available for return up to and including TUESDAY, February 14, 1911. The Return Fares will be: First Class, 2d per mile Second Class, Id per mile; the minimum being 4s and 2s respectively. Goods and Live Stock Traffic will be Suspended on December 26 and 27 and January 2 and 3. BY ORDER. PROFESSOR OWEN CARDSTON EMINENT DANCING MASTER OF AUSTRALASIA, Now Touring New Zealand organising Displays for Bazaars. Phenomenal Success Everywhere. Terms, are such that smallest parishes may be visited, with gigantic results. Highest credentials from clergy. Present address, Westport THE PROVINCIAL ECCLESIASTICAL SEMINARY OF NEW ZEALAND, HOLY CROSS COLLEGE, MOSGIEL. IN conform'd with arrangements made at the First Provincial Synod, held in Wellington in 1899, this Seminary has been established for the Education of Students from all parts of New Zealand who aspire to the Ecclesiastical State. Students twelve years of age and upwards will be admitted. Candidates for admission are required to present satisfactory, testimonials from the parochial clergy, and from the superiors of schools or colleges where they may have studied. The Pension is a year, payable half-yearly in advance. It provides for Board and Lodging, Tuition, School Books, Furniture, Bedding and House Linen. The Extra Charges are : Washing, £ 1 10s a year, and Medicine and Medical Attendance if required. Students will provide their own wearing apparel, including the Soutane, as well as Surplice for assistance in Choir. The Seminary is under the patronage and direction of the Archbishop and Bishops of New Zealand, and under the immediate personal supervision of the Right Rev. Bishop of Dunedin. Donations towards the establishment of Bursaries for the Free Education of Ecclesiastical Students will be thankfully received. The coarse of studies is arranged to enable students who enter the College to prepare for Matriculation and the various Examinations for Degrees at the University. For further particulars apply to THE RECTOR, NAPIER & SMITH Barristers and Solicitors 2,3, 4, 5, & 6 SECURITY BUILDINGS QUEEN ST, AUCKLAND. N.B.—Money to Lend at Low Interest or Freehold Securities.