Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, 9 May 1912, Page 35

Timaru

(From our own correspondent?) May 6 The monthly procession - of the Blessed Sacrament was held last evening, and there was a crowded congregation. - •• His Lordship Bishop Grimes will make a visitation ot the parish on Sunday next, and will administer, the Sacrament of Confirmation in the afternoon. n S-j C 'Y'M.S. are having a most successful season Un Wednesday evening last there was a large attendMurphy & m ° Ck baii(uet » presided over by Rev. Father : . The magnificent high altar in the new church was ■?JnSf Iy b j es f d on Sunda y, April 21. It cost just on iiUUU and-Its fine proportions .make it well in keeping with the church in which it is placed. ' h / Miss E. Bruce, a popular young lady in the parish Who is an ex-pupil of the Sacred Heart Convent, and tor some years filled the position of honorary librarian to the parish library, .left last week for ; Mastertori to take up an important- position there. Prior to her leaving- she was the recipient of numerous presentations tiom the various guilds and societies' with which she had been connected. . The Mansh Brothers’ School junior cadets have just leceived word that through what the boys term ‘ down-

right hard luck V they are to be deprived of the Govern r ment shooting shield for. cadets making the • highest score in the qualification practices with the B.S.A. airrifles, 1911. Eighty-three schools competed, and the Timaru Marist School gained the first place by the substantial lead of 4 points in the average score. The 0.C., howeverj understood from the regulations, and from a conversation he had with a cadet official, that boys who had passed the sixth standard, /being secondary school pupils, were not permitted to compete as junior cadets, and therefore did not forward the score of the four ! boys in the seventh standard. - When informed by the Department that this’.was not correct, he immediately forwarded the scores and targets of the four secondary scholars, but the Department, after carefully considering the matter, has "decided that although the "inclusion of these boys’ scores would have increased their lead, the shield cannot be awarded to them, as the scores of the four last were not in on December 13, the time for, closing the entries. The performance of the school is extremely creditable, as schools throughout the Dominion were competitors. The competition, too, is not for selected shots, but in averages of whole companies. Oamaru ' • - (From out own correspondent.) ■ May 7. ; ■> A very pleasant function took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. P. Ford yesterday, when the venerable couple celebrated their golden wedding, surrounded by their eleven children, a majority of their 39 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, as well as a host of relatives and friends.. It was a joyous gathering that assembled to do honor to and congratulate the bride and groom of fifty years, who have shared the hardships of pioneer days, and are now beloved and respected by all who know them. At the anniversary breakfast Right Rev. Mgr. Mackay, V.G., presided, and proposed the toast of the occasion,\Mr. Ford replying. Rev. Fathers Farthing and Lynch were also present, During the day and evening Mr. and Mrs. Ford received countless messages of congratulation and goodwill, and were visited by numbers of their friends and relatives from all parts. • • Gisborne . (From an occasional correspondent.) • The effort to establish a Catholic football club in Gisborne is meeting with success. At the initial meeting the following officers were elected:Patron, Rev. Father Lane; president, Mr. D. J. Barry; vice-presi-dents—Messrs. J. J. Martin, G. B. Oman, P. Fishbach, D. J. Parker, J. Guthrie, sen., J. F. Sheridan, H. Peacocke, W. Hackett, Rev. Father Carran, F. Henderson, Con. Neenan, P. Guthrie, S. Liddle, J. H. Finn, W. J. Hennessy, R. F. Houlihan; secretary and treasurer, Mr. F. H. Snowden; delegates to Poverty Bay .’Rugby .Union, Messrs F. H. Snowden and W. Hackett; vice-president of Poverty Bay Rugby Union, Mr. G. Neill club captain, Mr. J. Ryan; committee■ " Messrs. M. Guthrie, G. Neill, J. Weston, J. J. Mart iff, W. Neill, H. Skillen, P. McConville; selection committee —captain, vice-captain, and Mr. M. Guthrie. At a subsequent meeting it was decided to take part in the Thursday matches. A fairly strong team is 'in training, and the club’s success will be looked forward to by its many well-wishers in the district. The convent * school boys have entered a team for. the public schools’ competition. -■