Wanganui

New Zealand Tablet, 29 April 1920, Page 19

Wanganui

il';. (From our own correspondent.) : - April 21. ..Rev. Father Menard, who has not been too well lately, has gone up to Te Aroha for a short holiday. ■Visiting, us just now is Very Rev. Dean Holley, S.M. (Provincial), who is helping to carry on , during Father Menard's absence. It's just as nice as it can be to welcome our old and dear friends among us, and they all say how good it is to ho back again here. . We have a brand-new Tabernacle in the church, and it is a particularly beautiful one, being part of the Dean Kirk Memorial. The cabinet itself is of. rosewood, delicately lined with silk, and the door is of polished brass handsomely embossed. A chalice coming from Home one of these days is the other half of the memorial, a fitting reminder, if one be needed, of the beloved pastor of our childhood's days. Rev. Fathers Ginisty (Wanganui) and Venning (Jerusalem) left at the week-end for Rotorua, where they will attend the festivities in honor of the Prince of Wales. About 800 Maoris went from here on Tuesday, and they were to pick as many more somewhere up the line. Have not heard if there is to be any chaplain on duty with our Maoris this time, but remember well our Rev. Father Delach, then of Otaki, but now in France, filling that office at the time of the present King's visit to Rotorua. The war has accustomed us to khaki priests, but in those days Father Delach and his North Island Maoris were quite a feature of the celebrations. On Wednesday night the Children of Mary made their last pre-bazaar (and pro-bazaar too) effort. It was the usual euchre and social, and light supper. We are only three or four weeks away from the bazaar now, and everyone is very busy. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. C. Spillane are pleased to know that Mrs. Spillane is recovering from her recent illness. Everyone hopes she will soon be out of hospital and quite well. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. McCarthy went off last week on a holiday trip to Te Aroha. Died during the week, after a very long illness borne with much fortitude and resignation, Mrs. Honora McMahon, well known in this parish. Mr. and Mrs. McMahon have lived at Aramoho for many years, doing much good and many kindnesses, known only to those who needed help and knew in Mrs. McMahon a good friend. Much sympathy is extended to Mr. McMahon. —R.I.P. Died also quite recently, Mrs. Thompson, of Palmerston North, a daughter of Mr. T. O'Neill and the late Mrs. O'Neill, of Wanganui. The late Mrs. Thompson, who was a young woman, has left a husband and family of three young children to mourn their loss.—R.l.P. Rev. Brother Basil, who has been collecting in the Auckland district for the Marist Brothers' Novitiate for some months now, is here on a short visit. The following are the results of the October, November, and December examinations for the year 1919 in connection with the Convent High School, St. John's Hill: Third terms (advanced. Latin and French), Kathleen Carroll ; first terms and first section B.A. (Latin and French), Victorine Ruscoc; Class C (Latin, and French), Eileen Long, Lucy Carroll Class D (partial pass), Lucy Carroll, Eileen Long; Public Entrance, Reoni Duncan; *intermediate, Kitty McGreevy. (credit), Rita Crotty (credit).,: Examinations, of the Commercial Class (in connection with a business college): Shorthand speed certificate (100 words per minute), 1; advanced shorthand .theory, 1; -intermedi-

ate shorthand j theory, 18:, intermediate ■ book-keeping 6 elementary I book-keeping, 4 11; -typewriting (advanced grade), 7j typewriting L(intermediateS grade), 7; typewriting (elementary grade), 10. :: Shorthand diplomas (in connection with' National Business College), '3 : typewriting ■1; book-keeping, 3/:- > ; ,* ; , ~,■■"■■-... ; • %l