DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, 27 December 1917, Page 27

DIOCESE OF DUNEDIN

Mr. J. McGrath, of the Dunedin telegraph operating staff (the well-known local vocalist), has received notice of his promotion to the position of telephone, exchange supervisor. '- .-'-"'" Very Rev. Father. Coffey, Adm. of St. Joseph's > Cathedral, is in receipt of Christmas greetings from Lieutenant-Colonel Dr. O'Neill (late of Dunedin), of the Base Hospital, France. The many friends of Dr. O'Neill will be pleased to know that he is well. ; : ".-;-. At St. Joseph's Cathedral on last Sunday even- ■■' ing, in the presence of his Lordship the Bishop in the • sanctuary, the Very Rev. Father Byrne, S.J., preached an impressive discourse on the Nativity of our Divine Lord. , His Lordship the Bishop, attended by the \ Very Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., and Rev. Father Kaveney, gave Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Among the recently wounded on the western front and in hospital, appears the name of Corporal Neil Bunbury, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Bunbury, Black's '■ Road, North-East Valley, Dunedin. Corporal Bun- : bury, with his brother, Sergeant-major T. A. Bunbury (lately awarded the D.CM.), has, as a member of the 7th Reinforcements, been for a considerable time in ; the fighting lines. Both are old boys of the Christian Brothers' School, Dunedin. " Among matters discussed at a recent meeting ■of . St. Joseph's-Cathedral'branch of the Catholic Federation was the advisability or otherwise of promoting the parish picnic, which was usually an annual event.. In view of the impossibility of securing suitable train arrangements to enable a picnic being held out of town, it was decided to abandon all idea of arranging such an outing at present. • < ; ■■<'";' ' At the final meeting for the year of St. Joseph's Patriotic and Red Cross Guild, held on Wednesday, December 12, there was a good attendance of workers-. ; A parcel was despatched to the Red Cross depot con- : : sisting of the following articles: 6 suits pyjamas,- 6 day shirts. 6 underpants, 6 hospital shirts, 24 pillow cases, , 133 handkerchiefs, 115 tea towels, 19 pairs socks, and .! 6 balaclavas; and to the Women's Patriotic Society," 7 § pairs socks and 1 balaclava. ". The above represented the past month's work, and the guild will resume opera- ■! tions on Wednesday, February 6. . .■ ■ ~.. Mrs. A. 11. Stone,: of : Mornington, a lady well known in connection with patriotic and Red Cross work* < has received notification through the Minister, "of Defence that her on, Private Joseph Brady, of the 11th Reinforcements, previously wounded slightly on October 12, was admitted on December 9 to the King George^| Hospital, London, suffering from severe gunshot wound - - in the neck. Private Brady originally spent 13 months on service in England, and was then transferred to the western front. V He was educated at the Christian i; Brothers' School, Dunedin, and as an enthusiastic foot* bailer played' for several seasons in the school teams. Q •-•■.-•