Diocesan News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LI, Issue 30, 16 July 1924, Page 27

Diocesan News

ARCHDIOCESE OF WELLINGTON (From our own correspondent,) July 11. Rev. Father O’Donnell has returned from Australia to Buckle Street. All his friends are delighted that his health is much improved by the trip. The streets and the alleys have missed his familiar figure on its round. He and the Rev. Feilden Taylor know all the byeways of the city’s East End, and the work they do there is unknown and untold. The,, engagement is announced of Edward, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. E. O’Sullivan, of Addington, Christchurch, to Elsie, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Kelleher, of the Internal Affairs Department, Wellington. Miss Kelleher is well known in the Newtown parish where her parents reside. She is a niece of chat prominent chinch man, Mr. Paul Hoskins.. The St. Vincent de Paul charity ball comes off on * the 30th. This ball is for a good object as its name denotes. Last year it was a. great success financially and socially. Let us hope that this year will eclipse it. Wellington folk are looking forward to hearing the tenor, Charles Hackett, whose success in Australia as so great. Mr. Hackett includes in his programmes a. collection of Irish songs and ballads. The Sydney Bulletin prefers McCormack in the Irish songs, but it is only fair to wait and hear Mr. Hackett before judging. In any case McCormack was treated so churlishly in Australia that neither country may hear him again. McCormack never forgets the Lewisham Nuns and gives of his best in their cause. Playing also in Wellington, at the present time is “Peg O’ My Heart.” It brings back echoes of a wonderful voice that once played Peg here. There is only one Sara Allgood. She lost her husband during the great epidemic hereand though now she is at the height of her fame with her name mentioned casually in novels, and with the new comedian, Casey, writing plays for her at the Abbey, there must come to her often a vision of those days of desolation and of a quiet, grave in old Karori. It is doubtful if she will come this way again. Australia failed to understand “The Whitehaired Boy” when the last company of Abbey players brought it out. Dazzle is preferred to humor and it is the eye not the head that is filled nowadays. It is an age of Cairos and Chu Chin Chows. Turning to footballthe Marist Soccer teams are fast distinguishing themselves. The Chatham Cup fell to them last Saturday to the great delight of their many supporters here. The Marist Rugby team is a comparatively young team and is holding on well. An old and keen critic of football for many Wellington winters asked the scribe to print this advice “ Tell the young Marist players to stick

by their teams. Sometimes a brilliant young player is ; tempted to join another team whose successes are more spectacular, but patience is always rewarded. Nearly all the Marist players are young and can afford to wait. By cleaving to their teams they will bring upon themselves the honor of being the pioneers who saved the Marist name during the -lean years. Let their motto he, ‘‘Stick by the team!” > ; Rev. Father Higgins is detained in Christchurch, so Chat his lecture to the Students’ Guild is postponed. Rev. ■ Father Ryan, S.M., has stepped into the gap with a lecture on that moot question of Canon Law on Marriage, Another sacred concert at St. Francis’s Hall on Sunday night. An excellent programme was offered and all the listeners went away content. Last night was a great night at the Irish Club. Air. and Mrs. O’Brien received a presentation from the members. The hall was crowded and there was much mirth over the various speeches. Rev. Father Vincent Kelly, who had known the bridegroom at home spoke of his many good qualities and wished the happy couple luck. Opportunity was also taken to make presentations to Messrs. Callaghan and Oonneally who leave to-day for a trip to Ireland. Both are valued and popular members of the club. Condolences with Mrs. Phelan on the loss of her husband, Mr. T. Phelan. Mr, Phelan was an old and wellrespected parishioner of Buckle Street, a true Catholic type. Much sympathy is felt for Mrs. Phelan who is a quiet and tireless worker for the Church. May he rest in peace! The two. “bazaar” parishes are flourishing and functions are taking place almost nightly in aid of the funds. Island Bay seems to be specialising in jumble sales. There is a great fascination in jumble sales. A jumble is surer than the races for after all you do get something for your money.’ And every object from the worn shoe to the discarded ball-gown possesses a history. They say to enjoy the true flavor of a jumble one has to move East to the foreign quarter, where there is much bargaining and the purchasers know* the value of every article to a fscuny. Those who have had the experience have learned to distinguish between sharpnosed second-hand dealers and the genuine poor and to fix their prices accordingly. Those jumble sales bring in much money and are a study in psychology too.