INVERCARGILL NOTES

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 37, 20 September 1923, Page 45

INVERCARGILL NOTES

(From our own correspondent.)

September 13. The members of St. Mary's Tennis Club held a very enjoyable social evening at Ashley's Hall on Tuesday, the 4th inst., when there was a good attendance.

On Monday, October 8, the Very Rev. Father Whelan, C.SS.R., will commence a week's Retreat for the Children of Mary, at the conclusion of which 80 members will be received into the sodality.

The attendances at the regular meetings of the Hibernian Society continue to be most satisfactory, and the branch is making steady progress. There are, however, a, large number of young Catholic men in the parish who should join its ranks. Since the completion of St. Joseph's School the Children of Mary have been provided with more suitable accommodation for their meetings, so with a view to providing some necessary seats, library press, new altar, and other furniture, two little functions were held recently. The first took the form of a "gift evening" on Wednesday last, and it was not only successful but very enjoyable. The girls had gone to some trouble to decorate the hall, but this had its reward in the pleasing effect produced, with the solors of blue and gold predominating. Songs were contributed by Misses Heston, Shepherd, Woods, Hardy, and Lavelle, while music for dancing was played by Misses Baird, Lynch, and Shepherd. It was decided to hold a produce sale on the following Saturday'afternoon and evening, when the gifts, provided solely by the girls themselves, should be disposed, of. Old St. Joseph's resembled a green-grocer's establishment with jams, vegetables, cakes, eggs, fruit, poultry, etc., which all found a' ready sale When Saturdays takings were added it was found that the little sale realised just on £45 and as there were no expenses, the girls can now pay for the new furnishings and know they have everything necessary for their meetings and reunions. The new seats and altar were on view at the "gift evening." The altar is quite uncommon, the table resting on two beautifully designed pillars, thus doing away with the usual boxed-in part of most altars. The members of the sodality arranged and carried out the little functions themselves, the only outside assistance being the work of Mr. Jock Collins, who arranged and fitted temporary electric lights for both evenings. His work in this connection was much appreciated