Huntly

New Zealand Tablet, 24 June 1915, Page 29

Huntly

> (By telegraph, from our : own correspondent.) -•; v ~ / June 21. , .■’/ ■’ rhe new railway station' at Ngaruawahia has been opened for A traffic.’ V : ;

A steamer service between - Mercer 1 and Cambridge, under the title of the Waikato Shipping. Co., has been Inaugurated on' the Waikato River., . A successful, trial run took place last Monday. ' ~.U > ' ' ’ .-■ At the 11 o’clock Mass on Sunday, the Rev. Father O’Doherty announced that the Hibernians would receive Holy Communion-. in a body on next Sunday, and he made an earnest appeal to all the men of the congregation to approach the Holy ■ Table at the same time. ' > > .

Invercargill - (From our own correspondent.) ■ he pupils of' St. Catherine’s Convent intend giving an entertainment in the Municipal Theatre on the 30th inst., the proceeds to be devoted to the Belgian Relief fund. It is some considerable time now since the pupils of the Dominican Nuns gave an entertainment before the Invercargill public, and on this occasion theatregoers may be sure of an excellent and pleasant, evening: Lewis’ famous cantata, , ‘ Little Nell’s surprise party,’ will be the principal item. The following is a synopsis of the operetta : —The principals in the story are Mr. Grant, who went abroad to retrieve his fortune, and whose ship was wrecked at sea on the homeward journey; Mr.Gried, manager of Grant’s property, who betrayed his trust by representing that the business was not paying ; and Mrs. Grant and her little daughter, who are reduced to the direst poverty owing to the dishonesty of Gried. When matters look at their worst for the mother and child, a number of Little Nell’s school companions give a surprise party in her honor, and make her many presents. At this opportune time Mr. Grant returns, and just as the children are in the midst of their fun and happiness, Gried comes on the scene, and insists on Mrs. Grant paying him certain amounts. Mr. Grant, who concealed himself on Gried’s arrival, now comes forward, and calls upon the dishonest trustee for an explanation.