DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 29 July 1915, Page 35

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

A social will bo held in St. Mary's Hall, Mornington, on the evening of August 4. The proceeds are to be devoted towards paying off the debt on the Catholic church site. A euchre tournament will commence punctually at eight o'clock. On Thursday evening of last week the members of St. Joseph's Ladies' Club met to say good-bye to the Rev. Father Buckley, prior to his departure for Invercargill. The president (Mrs. Jackson), on behalf of the members, presented Father Buckley with a. silvermounted pocket-book as a slight token of their appreciation of the interest he had taken in the club, by securing for them the new clubroom. It was mainly through his efforts that the alterations were carried out. The St. Joseph's Harriers held their weekly run from St. Joseph's Hall on Saturday afternoon. The trail led up Rattray street through the old cemetery, along Queen's Drive, and up the Kaikorai tram line to Roslyn. After crossing the golf links and Kaikorai Valley the pack returned to the hall via Maori Hill and the drive. Later the members adjourned to Brown's Tea Rooms as the guests of Mr. A. E. Ahem. The

captain (J.-,o'Farrell);: on: behalf -of the club, thanked the host, who suitably .replied. ~ The team was then picked for the inter-club race, and the- following were asked to go into training:—J. O'Farrell, C.. Moloney, T. Roughan,M. Cosgriff, A. J. Tourell, F. T. Tourell, G. Pedofsky, C. Whelan, and A. Nelson-. 3>f > -; At the meeting of the St. Patrick's branch of the H.A.C.B. Society, which was held in St. Patrick's School, South Dunedin, on Monday, July 26, the. following officers were installed by .the retiring president (Rev. Father Delany) :President, Bro. Ryall ; vicepresident, Bro. Ross; secretary, Bro. Robinson treasurer, Bro. Baker; warden, Bro. Gibb ; guardian, Bro. Lenihan; sick visitors/ Bros Mulrooney and Cousins; auditors, Bros. Lenihan and Fitzgibbon. At the close of the meeting, Bro. Ryall, on behalf of the members, presented Rev. Father Delany with a chaplain's collar, suitably inscribed. In making the presentation Bro. Ryall referred in glowing terms to the splendid work which Father Delany'had accomplished on behalf of the branch since its inception, and hoped that he would be long spared to the parish. Other members also voiced their appreciation of the- Rev. Father's services. Father Delany, in replying, thanked the members for their gift, He said he felt an affection for an institution with which he had been connected from its beginning. Anything he had done for the branch was a pleasure, and he would continue to assist it. He hoped that it would soon have a. large membership, and that it would prosper in every way. *