By taking floral wreaths to the Queen's Statue, hundreds of people showed their grief for the departure and respect for the Sovereign who had ruled them so well. They re spected and paid their last tribute to tho monarch, who, to them, was physically imperceptible. In regard to Catholic worship, tho purport was not dissimalar. The Statue of the Sacred Heart would remind wor shippers of the sufferiugo and. igu'l'.n iuious death of the Christ, so that their adoration, reverence • and their heart's best affections would be drawn towards IF'a. Tho Dean con-' eluded by hoping that the Statue would long .remain in the Church : that the purport for which it was erected would not be subject to mis construction : that it would not be prized so much for the generosity of the gift (virile he was duly cognizant of the boner J.ence of the donors) but that it would bo preserved and prized because of the sacrednoss of the pur pose for which it had been erected, solemnly unveiled and blessed.
Football.
•,-:•: The annual meeting of tho Paeroa Football Club was held in the Royal Mail Hotel on Wednesday evening, when thore was a good attendance. Mr R. Waddington occupied the chair. ■ !

The annual report and balance sheet was read and adopted.
The balance sheet showed a cash balance in hand of £3 14s 9d, as against £2 14s 6d last year-

• It was' decided that the Club be reformed.
