Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, 18 September 1919, Page 35

Timaru

(From our own correspondent.) ■ ' ‘ .’ v 4 ■ 5 September ,12. • ; The city of Lourdes, and the miracles there performed were the subject of a most interesting lecture by Rev. B. J. Gondringer, M.A. (of St. Patrick’s College, Wellington), in the Sacred Heart Hall, Craigie Avenue, on the evening of Friday, sth inst. The proceeds of the lecture will, be devoted to the Federation Scholarship Fund. The first Sunday in October being the anniversary ,of the opening of the Church of the Sacred Heart, the annual outdooor procession of the Blessed Sacrament will take place. There will be a special collection on that day for the purpose of extinguishing the small debt remaining on the church. As the amount is only £l4O, it is anticipated that there will be subscribed more than sufficient to liquidate the debt, and permit the consecration of this beautiful basilica. . Father Buckley, of St. Patrick’s College, was in Timaru during the week, and preached at the evening devotions on Sunday, 7th inst. On Thursday, the 25th inst., St. John’s Tennis Club propose holding a social in the Sacred Heart Hall, Craigie Avenue. This will be the third social organised by the club this season, and promises to be the most enjoyable, as the committee are working most assiduously and will spare no pains to make the function a huge success financially and socially. There is every indication this year of a most successful season for the club, as the season will open with two first-class asphalt courts, the laying down of the second court being now under way. This extra court, which also necessitates some rather expensive excavation, will involve the club in a very considerable expenditure, but with the funds already in hand and the proceeds of the coming social, the club hopes to be in a position to meet its financial obligations without to any great extent relying on next season's revenue.