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ARCHBISHOP KELLY 90*
CELEBRATION IN SYDN^
~:. ...:..:. --. ..SyDNEy,v^ebfuar3re : l3. lr - The Roman Catholic/ comnjuniqr gathered in force at a public ,r.ecep«.* tion tonight in the CitjrTown ITaUfißi,; honour of the ninetieth birthday';: of Archbishop Kelly, whose"CQnditlon:o^ health permitted < only a brief attendance, accompanied by his owrt. doctor. 'Archbishop Kelly/ was' presented * with a birthday cheque 'of £10Ao raridt an address from the Catholics of Sidney Archdiocese. , . ..•."'- "*■ ;■ v ; /AH'the members" of,^he;;, Consular Corps., representatives of. the.'Q.pV:erjgi« ment, the/ Lord Mayor, and aldermea were .present. ';'. • ■'. ;..■" ■;.■;• ~';-.\'/' ■>/:;hi;/..v •-: Archbishop : Kelly is. the* oldest prt« late in:the- Christian.world;in/<cbntroi of a diocese. ' He; succeeded Cairdin|3l Moranin 1911. The diocese^ haAJspent over £12,000,000 in ' the-erectjpn,-'<J4 Catholic.chui-ch prppjertles,/5i ■ / *;;/>
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 38, 14 February 1940, Page 7
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