Town and Country News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 42, 4 November 1925, Page 49

Town and Country News

|? •; ; - Gore Notes . . i’i \ - (From our own Correspondent.) ' s ' Ocober 24. - The'result of several months’ energetic lather by those interested in the bazaar was artistically displayed in the Town Hall on ..Friday evening last, when the bazaar in aid of the convent building fund was officially ,\'i opened by the Mayor (Mr. D. L. Poppelwell). During the course of his remarks Mr. Poppelwell referred to the cramped conditions under which the Sisters were living, and stressed the necessity of providing a spacious convent for them. He also congratulated the committee and various stall- • holders and assistants upon the attractive „ appearance of the stalls and the bazaar in *. general. The speaker concluded by asking '- all to be generous in support of the undertaking, and thereby assist the committee and workers generally to make the bazaar an -' •outstanding success. Tliere was a- fairly large attendance and the business done gave promise of a very successful season. The principals of the stalls are:—Produce stall, Mrs. Windle; “Pierette” stall, Misses N. Richards and L. Dclaimnt; Forget-me-Not stall. Miss M. McGrath; Sewing Guild stall, Mrs. D. Poppelwell; Refreshment stall, Mrs. J. ' Daly, Mystery stall, Misses S. Inder and K. Hanley.

New Plymouth Notes ■ (From our own correspondent.) s October 22. , On Sunday, October 11, a Retreat was opened for the Children of Mary by the Rev. . Father Joyce, Marist Missioner. A full I.muster of over 80 .members attended the morning and evening lectures, many new j members being enrolled before the close of | the Retreat on Thursday morning. l . The devotion of the Forty Hours’ Adoration was opened on Friday, October 16, with Solemn. High Mass of Exposition at 6.30 a.m., Father Joyce being celebrant Father .Moran, deacon; and Father Minogue, subdeacon. Missa Pro Pace was sung on Saturday morning by Father Moran. On Sunday, Solemn High Mass of Reposition was sung * by Father Joyce; Father Moran being deacon; and Father Minogue, subdeacon. The choir, under the baton of Mr. J. Dobson, with Mr. Ralph Crawshaw at the organ, rendered the Mass of Our Lady of Loreto (Mentzel) on - Friday and Saturday mornings, and the Mass of St. Mary Magdalen (Turner) on Sunday morning, with “Ave 5 Verum” (Elgar). The attendance of the faithful throughout the Forty Hours’ was . most edifying, the church being packed night i and morning. A sermon appropriate to the • occasion was preached each evening by .Father Joyce. During the celebrations 1000 people, not including children, approached 1 the Holy Table. The devotion was brought V to a close on; Sunday evening with solemn • 1 procession and Benediction of the Blessed » Sacrament. • ‘ M- -

Anirrn k DV :; VDirunu *. T MRS. MARY ANN QUALTER, ' ' WELLINGTON. There recently passed away at her residence, Sieverston Terrace, Wellington, Mary Ann, widow of the late Michael Q.ualter, formerly of Southland and Westport, The late Mrs. Qualter, who had reached her seventy-eighth year, was born in Co. Antrim, Ireland, and came to New Zealand with her parents when a child. A good wife and mother, a kind and generous friend, she was held in high esteem -by a wide circle of friends. Deceased was attended during her last illness by Rev. Father Spillane, S.M., and died fortified by all the rites of Holy Church. The late Mrs. Qualter is survived by a family of three sons and five daughters, and fifteen grand-children. A son and a daughter pre-deceased her. —R.I.P,

MRS. . MARY McMILLAN, WANGANUI. With deep regret the death is recorded of Mrs. Mary McMillan, wife of Mr. G. McMillan, who passed away on September 17. The deceased, who was 49 years of age, was the oldest daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. T. McCann, of Addisons,' West Coast, and in her earlier life was a, well known and popular school teacher under the Nelson and Wellington Education Boards. Being of a kindly and cheerful disposition she was esteemed by a wide circle of friends. Of late years she had been in failing health, but bore her suffering with Christian fortitude, and her early death has occasioned heartfelt sympathy with her sorrowing bushind, four sons and "two daughters. She also leaves her mother, four brothers, and four sisters to mourn their loss, and wio have sustained a double bereavement within the year. During her prolonged illness deceased was constantly attended by Rev, Father Campbell, and passed peacefully away, fortified by the rites of Holy Church.— R.I.P.

MR. PATRICK DUNNE, OAMARU. There was laid to rest on Sunday, October 11, in the Oamaru cemetery, a well known identity in the Oamaru district in the person of Mr. Patrick Dunne. The deceased was a staunch Catholic and for many years served at Mass in the Totara School-house. A native of Co. Waterford, Ireland, he was born in 1855, and emigrated to New Zealand in the, sailing ship Dunedin, landing at Port Chalmers in 1876. The late Mr. Dunne was then engaged in the Mihiwaki tunnel which was at that time in process of construction. He later took up potato cropping in the Oamaru district, and was one of the early settlers on the Totara Estate, having acquired a freehold property from the New Zealand and Australian Land Company, which he farmed successfully until his retirement about five years ago. Mr. Dunne took a keen interest in sport, especially football. Of a quiet unassuming nature he was known to a f wide circle of friends as was shown by the number who followed his re-

mains from the Basilica, headed by members of the Hibernian Society of which he was one , of the oldest members. Rev. Father O’Con- . nell officiated at the graveside. He. leaves jpp a wife, . five daughters ! and one • son, and ; twelve grand-children to mourn their loss. - : R.I.P. - ■

MR. T. MOVE, Sen., TOTARA VALLEY. -; The death of one of the earliest Westland 3 pioneers and a very old resident of the Ross district, in the person of Mr. T. Moye, oc- % curred recently, after a short illness. The deceased, who had reached the ripe age of~M 87 years, was for a long period well known as a settler of the Totara district. It was V over 60 years ago that the late Mr, Moye came to New Zealand, he having come in 1862 from the \ictoriun gold diggings to the Makamarina rush, Nelson, where he followed the hire of the precious metal with varying success. In November, 1864. he arrived in Greymoutli, proceeding southwards to the valley of the Totara River, where he was engaged in mining for some ten months before the opening of the Ross goldfields, where' he became interested in many good claims in those golden days. Later he took no a section of land in the valley ofjdie Totara, whilst be at the same time continued gold * mining and contracting, doing a lot of. pioneering work with the late Messrs. C. E. Y. O’Connor and Clark in the early days, deceased being also noted at that time as a good pedestrian, and a very fair all-round athlete. He always maintained a keen' interest in public matters, and was a pioneer of the finest type. Besides bis widow, he leaves a grown-up family of three daughters and two sons, the daughters being Mesdames G. Power (New South Wales), Thos. West (Greymouth), and John Manera (Ross), while ' the' sons are Messrs. Tom Move (Greymouth), ' and Jim Move (Blackball). The funeral took place on Sunday at Ross, Rev. Dr. Ken- - . nedy (Hokitika) officiating, and there was a large assemblage of residents of the district to pay a last tribute to one of the ? hardy band of pioneers who opened np the ' West Coast.R.l.P. -