Ashburton

New Zealand Tablet, 19 February 1914, Page 27

Ashburton

(From our own correspondent.) The Convent schools were reopened' last week after the Christmas holidays, the attendance of pupils being . well up to expectations. The Catholic Young Men’s Club resumes its weekly meetings next week. The council of the club has drawn up an elaborate programme for the monthly meetings, and no doubt interesting and instructive evenings will be the result. % Matters pertaining to our local branch of the Hibernian Society are in a prosperous state. The membership is steadily increasing, though still not to the extent that would be shown if many of our Catholic young men who are eligible would only give consideration to the benefits of belonging to such a society. The annual St. Patrick’s Day concert, which has been abandoned for the past two years owing to varied circumstances, will eventuate this year. These concerts in the past have always proved popular and financially most successful. Rev. Father O’Donnell and his coworkers hope for a similar experience this year.