Oamaru

New Zealand Tablet, 18 April 1912, Page 27

Oamaru

■{From oar own correspondent.) '■'/._ -'■ •' ':. ' ? : : ' " " ' April 15. .. Rev. Father Woods left' on Thursday for his new sphere of labor in Invercargill, and his departure has occasioned genuine regret among all classes of the community. During Father Woods's two years as assistant in Oamaru he made ghosts of friends by his ever kindly and gentle ways,; and will be much missed _by those-to whom he ministered. Rev. Father Lynch, who succeeded Father Woods at St. Patrick's, celebrated both Masses at the Basilica yesterday; morning, and preached a very instructive sermon on the -'.Redemption 'at the second Mass. . • :- ~ \ ■-■^■•'■>.■-<•. 0-\ The bazaar committee has secured the large drill hall in Itchen street for the forthcoming bazaar, and a more suitable building for the purpose could not be had in town. Work is proceeding steadily for the function, which should prove a.great success." {' . .-.•„