N.Z. CATHOLIC FEDERATION

New Zealand Tablet, 21 July 1921, Page 35

N.Z. CATHOLIC FEDERATION

GISBORNE BRANCH.

The annual meeting of the Gisborne branch of the Catholic Federation was held in St. Mary’s Schoolroom after devotions on Sunday (writes our own correspondent, under date July 14). The president (Rev. Father Lane) presided and there was a good attendance. The following executive was appointed for the ensuing year;—President, Rev. Father Lane; vice-president, Rev. Father Murphy; treasurer, Mr. D. J. Parker; secretary, Mr. J. H. Reidy. Messrs. Dower and Bergamini were elected* representatives of the parishioners on the executive, Mr. Bowman representative of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Mesdames D. J. Parker and Kearney of the ladies’ branch of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Misses Cassidy and Walls, of the Children of Mary, and Mrs. D. J. Barry and Miss Neill of the choir. Representatives of the Hibernian Society have still to be elected. It was decided to adopt the envelope system of collecting the annual subscription.