CATHOLIC CLUBS

New Zealand Tablet, 7 September 1911, Page 1747

CATHOLIC CLUBS

WELLINGTON. The twenty-sixth half-yearly, general meeting of the Wellington Catholic Club was held in St. Patrick’s Hall on Thursday evening of last week. In the absence of the president of the club (Very Rev. Father O’Shea, V.G.), Mr. J. McGowan, vice-president,, occupied the chair. The Rev. Father Yenning was also present. The half-yearly report and balance sheet were adopted. The report indicated that the affairs of the club were in an encouraging condition. There had been a remarkable increase in membership. The cricket branch, had been successful in annexing the third-class championship. . The finances of the club were also in a healthy state. After disbursing the sum of £75 19s Id, a credit balance of £27 Is 6d was being carried forward to current account. The election of officers for the ensiling half-year 'resulted as follows:—Patron, his Grace Archbishop Redwood; president, Very Rev. Father O’Shea; vicepresidents, Very Rev. Dean Regnault, Rev. Fathers Venning, Hickson, and Quinn, Rev. Brother Justin, and Messrs. M. Kennedy, M. O’Connor, C. P. Skerrett, A. H. Casey, and J. McGowan; hon. secretary, Mr. W. C. Thomas; hon. treasurer, Mr. J. G. Leydon ; executive, Messrs. G. Dee, J. Webb, E. Dunne, B. Leydon, W. Tiller, J. McDonald, W. Keeney, G. Carroll, and W. Smith; auditors, Messrs. G. J. Moran and J. F. O’Leary. _lt was decided to enter for the crystallate cup billiard competition, and Mr. B. ( Leydon was appointed to represent the club on the management committee. The position in regard to the new Catholic Hall and Club was reviewed, and Messrs. J. W. Callaghan, R. Butcher, C. Gamble, F. McDonald, and M. O’Kane were elected as a committee to formulate a scheme to further the erection of the building. Messrs. B. Leydon and J. McGowan were elected to the management committee of the St. Vincent Bovs’ Guild. J

GORE. There was a good attendance of members at the weekly meeting on August 28 of the Gore Catholic Club, over which Rev., Father Tobin presided. The secretary of the Invercargill Catholic Club wrote regarding the proposed football match, intimating that a team would be sent to Gore on Wednesday, September 6, if suitable. This was agreed to, and the secretary was instructed to make the necessary arrangements for the match. The business for the evening was a debate, ‘ Government versus Opposition.’ Messrs. C. Carmody and T. Daly were the leaders for the respective sides, and Mr. Francis also spoke. Owing to the lateness of the hour and the number of speakers, it was decided to adjourn the debate until next Monday evening. " The following is the team to represent, the Gore Catholic Men s Club in the match with the Invercargill Catholic Club on Wednesday:—Leen, Carmody, Low, Bushbridge, Keenan, F. , O’Kane, Boswill, Green, Hoffman, W. O’Kane, Windle, A. O’Kane, Gibbons, Ferris, and Smith (captain); emergencies, Hanley, R. Ferris, and Sweeney.

MARIST BROTHERS’ OLD BOYS’ ASSOCIATION AND CATHOLIC MEN’S CLUB, AUCKLAND. ? (From the club correspondent.) Our literary and debating branches continue to have good attendances at the weekly debates, and competition promises to be keen for the various trophies to be competed for at the end of the year. In the interclub contests our representative team (Messrs. Dwyer, Nevin, and Carrol) defeated the Unitarian .representatives on August 10 by a considerable margin. On August 24 the University team defeated our team

(Messrs. Dwyer, McKenna, and Carrol) by one point. The judge (Mr. T. U. Wells) remarked that this was the closest debate he had ever been called on to adjudicate on. Messrs. McDevitt, McKenna, Carrol, and Egan journeyed to Otahuhu on August 28 to debate the subject, 'Would national prohibition be beneficial to New. Zealand?' with the Otahuhu club. On the motion being put to the audience they gave their verdict in favor of the Marist Brothers' Old Boys' team. It is satisfactory to observe the prominent position our football club is occupying in the club championship, being now in the satisfactory position of having.to play off with the City Club for the cup. This is very gratify - ing, as at one stage our club appeared to be hopelessly oi\t of the running. Much credit for this marked improvement is due to our captain and vice-captain— Messrs. F. Herring and J. Grace. Great interest was" centred in the game M. 8.0.8. v. University on August 26, which had a distinct bearing on the championship. Our boys, however, proved too superior, and won the game in the final stages by 8 points to nil, thus creating rather a great surprise for the public. Tries were scored by Herring and Curran, the latter's try being converted by Little. Messrs. Herring, J. O'Brien, and Barrett are to be congratulated on their inclusion in the Auckland touring team. This is the first year that Messrs.. O'Brien and Barrett have been selected. Mr. Herring, however, is an old rep.