DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 28, 19 July 1923, Page 26

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(From our own correspondent.) y July 13. In the charming and extensive repertoire of Miss Amy Castles is.“ The Nightingale,” in which she revels in the most exquisite trills. At one of her concerts here his Lordship Dr. Cleary was an interested and delighted listener. At the invitation of Dr. Cleary the Misses Amy and Eileen Castles visited his Lordship at the Bishop’s House, Ponsonby, on the following afternoon, when, inter alia, the Bishop recorded some of his experiences in the trenches in the late war. One incident he told was that of a nightingale which every night perched on an adjacent tree and regaled the weary, soldiers in the dump with most welcome and cheery music. With a smile the Bishop added, “We had to entertain us each, night an Amy Castles,” a compliment which the Diva keenly appreciated. HIBERNIAN JUBILEE. The Auckland branch (No. 81) of the Hibernian Society, will celebrate the golden jubilee of its foundation at the end of the month of July. The„ members of the society will attend a special Mass to be celebrated by his Lordship Bishop Liston in SI. Patrick’s Cathedral, on Sunday, July 22, at 8 a.m. On the Sunday evening, his Lordship Bishop Cleary -has kindly consented to preside at Vespers and Benediction at the Cathedral and deliver a sermon appropriate to the occasion. On Monday evening, 23rd inst. members and friends, will attend a dinner at the Tiffin Restaurant, Queen Street, in commemoration of the jubilee.