Invercargill

New Zealand Tablet, 18 April 1912, Page 45

Invercargill

(From our own correspondent.) v - t ~.:,; ; . _ , ■ ? -April 14. -"- ;' A meeting of parishioners is to be held in St. Joseph's Schoolroom to-morrow night (Monday) to con-'

sider ways and -means of holding a monster carnival in aid of the fund for the completion of the church.■'■,On Wednesday last Miss Ellen Shepherd, eldest daughter of Mr. "John ; Shepherd, was married to Mr. Alf. ■"Salter, of Hamilton; (North Island), -and> formerly of Port Chalmers. < The Very Rev. Dean Burke> V.F.J i officiated at : the wedding;, - which was a very pretty oneVA large number of guests assembled at the breakfast in the Federal Tea Rooms, and in the evening r all were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd at their residence in Ettrick; street. The happy couple left by t'he afternoon's express ion their way -- to the North Island : After the 11 o'clock Mass on Easter Sunday a \ pleasant little function took place, when Mr. H. Searle (choirmaster), on behalf of the members of the choir, : presented Mrs. O'Byrne, ; the honorary organist, with a prettily designed gold pendant. ";' In * making the I presentation Mr. Searle, in an appropriate speech, re? ferred to the time that Mrs. O'Byrne hadgiven un- \ grudgingly to the choir, of ten; at : great inconvenience to herself<;cand he voiced the opinions of members in thanking her, and asking ;■ her ;to accept the little present as a token of :; esteem. - V ; - : .-.;,""•"■'"■"■ V- -<:'■;=•