DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 4 March 1915, Page 35

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

The Catholic men attending the Territorial Camp at Waitati will be pleased to hear that Mass will be celebrated at 9.30 o’clock on Sunday at St. Brigid’s Church. Cable advice has been - received at St. Dominic’s Priory that Margaret Quilter has passed the examination lor M.A. degree and has also taken Honors in Arts. The following students of St. Dominic’s College have passed the teachers’ certificate examination in the classes indicated:—Class C —Annie Coffey, Mary Connolly. Class DRuth J. Wakelin, Agnes J. Crowley. The collection for the Seminary Fund, which was made on last Sunday at St. Joseph’s Cathedral and the suburban churches of the parish, will be continued next Sunday. The members of the St. Joseph’s Harriers were the guests of Mrs. M. A. Jackson on Tuesday evening of last week, when the opportunity was taken to present the prizes won during the past year. The early part of the evening took the form of a musical and elocutionary entertainment, combined with the customary parlor amusements. Afterwards all were invited to partake of a supper provided by the hostess. Mrs. Jackson was then asked to present the following prizes:—Novice race—C. Maloney 1, D. McErlain 2, W. Butcher 3. Sealed handicap—T. Roughan 1, C. Maloney 2, A. E. Ahern 3. Five-mile championship J. Cameron 1, J. O’Farrell 2, C. Maloney 3. Attendance badgesC. Maloney, J. O’Farrell, and T. Roughan. On behalf of the harriers Mr. J. A. McKenzie thanked Mrs. Jackson for the very handsome manner in which she had entertained them, and referred in eulogistic terms to her connection with the club. Mr. Swanson replied on behalf of Mrs. Jackson, and a most pleasant evening was brought to a close by the singing of ‘ For she’s a jolly good fellow ’ and the National Anthem. A very well-attended meeting of ladies, representing the Cathedral and South Dunedin parishes, was held in St. Joseph’s Hall on the afternoon of Wednesday, February 24, for the purpose of making arrangements to help the distressed Belgians. The object is one which appeals to the charity of all, and hence the proposal met with general sympathy and promises of assistance. Mrs. E. J. O’Neill was elected president, and Mrs. J. B. Callan, jun., secretary of the executive appointed to collect clothes and materials in the various districts. The president explained the purpose of the meeting, and dwelt briefly on the urgent need of proceeding to work at once. A conversational discussion then took place as to the best means of assisting in this -laudable work, and it was decided to set up the following executive: —Dunedin Central Mesdames Jackson, Hally, Meenan, and Donnelly ; Dunedin North—Mrs. Hungerford, Misses Lynch, Murphy, and Dormer; St. —Mesdames Bartholomew, Shiel, Turner, and Court; South Dunedin—Mesdames Marlow and Fenton, and Miss Cameron; Kaikorai— Cornish, Gebbie, and Hill ; MorningtonMesdames Sullivan, Power, and Stone; Roslyn Mesdames Mee, Hussey, and O’Keefe. It was arranged that the executive should meet , every Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock in St. Joseph’s Hall, where donations of clothes, etc., will be received. . -.

; J The programme for ■ the St. Patrick’s’ Night concert is ;now . practically : filledup,- and judging v from-the>list of performers who ; have promised ,to - assist, it should prove' one; of the most popular ever presented on a similar occasion in Dunedin. In the past Irish' national concerts have been well supported, but on the present occasion there is a special reason why the : patronage should be on a still more generous scale. The - tickets are now being sent out, and the following extract . from the circular which accompanies them explains itself ':%k ‘ The proceeds will be devoted to the Christian Brothers’ School Building Fund, which, we feel sure, needs no recommendation to your generosity _ from us. The expenses in connection with the erection \ of the new school are necessarily heavy, and every .penny that can be raised is. required to carry the work to a successful completion, and allow it to be opened with a reduction of the present prospective debt. The sale of the enclosed tickets will, while being of material assistance, not be asking too much on behalf of so worthy an object. Apart from the object of the concert, the sentiment of the day must be remembered, and accordingly an excellent programme, redolent of the soli, has been prepared for the occasion.’ l