Ohinemuri

New Zealand Tablet, 2 January 1913, Page 45

Ohinemuri

' (From our own correspondent.) . Two of the pupils attending St. Joseph’s School, Paeroa, gained proficiency certificates in the recent examination by the inspector of the Board of Education, and, according to his report, the percentage of passes in the different standards has not been surpassed in any school in the Dominion. An eloquent and impressive sermon on Catholic federation was preached by Very Rev. Dean Hackett on Sunday evening at St. Mary’s Church, Paeroa. In the course of his remarks Dean Hackett referred to the great influence of Catholics in America and Germany in combating the anti-Catholic social evils of the day. In concluding his address, he hoped that all Catholics in his parish of twenty years and over would form themselves into a solid body, not for aggressive, but defensive purposes. The names of those wishing to join the Catholic Federation will be taken after Mass next Sunday ; at Paeroa, and at Karangahake immediately after Benediction on the same day.

The funeral of the late Constable Mackle, who had been in charge of Te Aroha for the last five years, took

place at Te Aroha of Wednesday afternoon of last week, in the unavoidable absence of Inspector' Wright, who is in charge of the district, Sergeant Wohlman, and Detective Sergeant Cooney, and eighteen constables from Waihi district attended the funeral. The pallbearers were members of the force, who carried the coffin to the hearse. Very Rev. Dean Hackett (Paeroa) and Rev. Fathers McGuinhess (Te Aroha), Dignan (Thames), and Murphy (Cambridge) officiated at the church and also at the graveside. The large funeral cortege was an evidence of the high esteem in which the deceased was held by the community, A wreath was sent by the members of the force at Thames, and one by the members at present doing temporary duty at Waihi.—R.l.P. " •