Invercargill

New Zealand Tablet, 5 June 1913, Page 53

Invercargill

(From our own correspondent.) ' ' ' May 26. The fourth annual social of the Hibernian Society will be held in the Victoria Hall on June 11, and the St. Mary’s Tennis Club will hold a social in the same hall on June 23, Last evening the Hibernian Band, assisted by some of the members of The Blue Bird Company, gave a very enjoyable concert in the Municipal Theatre to a packed house. A silver collection realised a substantial sum for the band’s funds, -The Bible-in- Schools discussion started here last week, the first shot being fired in the editorial columns of the Southland Times. The article was practically an appreciation of Bishop Cleary’s Dunedin address. The Rev. Mr. Shaw, of Knox Church, replied to the article; and in a further editorial the Times, inter alia invited the Rev. Mr. Shaw to controvert the Bishop’s statement with reference to the Presbyterian Confession of Faith. Mr. Shaw was not to be drawn, and the Times in a leading article to-day refers to this part of the controversy as follows: Mr. Shaw finds some humor in our suggestion, that he should challenge Bishop Cleary’s statement with regard to the Presbyterian

Confession of Faith. We find some humor in it also, but as Dr. Cleary made his statement on a public platform, and as Mr. Shaw seems to take exception to it we suggest that the public would be both entertained and instructed if the worthy pastor of Knox Church joined issue with, the Roman Catholic prelate, and we renew the invitation,’ The outstanding feature of today’s article is that the question is argued—and argued well—by the Times from practically the straight-out Catholic standpoint.