INTERCOLONIAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 15, 10 April 1902, Page 7

INTERCOLONIAL.

The inmates of ths Catholic Orphanage, Goulburn, have erected a marble monument to the late Mrs De Laurel, inscribed ' From the Orphans to their Benefactress.'

Tho Freeman 's Journal reports that the Rev. Brother Urban, Provincial of the Marist Brothers, who took ill recently while superintending the Retreat of the Marist Brothers in New Zealand, has now considerably recovered from his indisposition.

Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, Minister of Public Works in New South Wales, was on St. Patrick's Day, in Sydney, presented with a threequarter length oil painting of himself by a number of gentlemen who had subscribed towards the cost, as a birthday gift.

The Rev. Father Cain, of Charlton, who some weeks ago met with an accident, in which his buggy was smashed to pieces, has been presented with a purse of sovereigns, subscribed by his Charlton friends, to enable him to make good his loss.

The formal opening of a new Catholic Ladies College, East Melbourne, which is to be conducted by the Sisters of Charity, took place on March 20 in the presence of his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne, and a large gathering of clergy and prominent public men.

The Rev. Father Ginisty, S.M., has returned from Gladstone and is now in charge of the^parish of Villa Maria, Hunter's Hill. During the short term of Father G inisty's ministration in Gladstone he won the devotion of the people, and and he accomplished a great deal of work in the town and district.

Mr. W. J. Denny, M.P., of South Australia (says the Catholic Press), is one of the young Irish- Australians who will be heard of in the Commonwealth in the near future. Although still in the thirties he succeeded Mr. Kingston some two years ago as member for West Adelaide. He edits and manages the Southern Cross, which has paid an annual dividend of 10 per cent, for many years, and he holds advisory positions on several boards. A Liberal in politics he is considered by the Conservative press as certain to head" the poll in the new district of Adelaide, which comprises 20,000 electors.

As poon as it became known that the Rev. Father Barlow, P.P., of St. Nicholas Church, Penrith, intended taking a trip to Europe, it was arranged that his departure should be made the occasion of a presentation and send-off. All arrangements having been made, the affair took place in the convent schoolroom on St. Patrick's night — a most fitting time. Dinner was spread in the infants' schoolroom, Father Barlow being supported by Mr. T. R. Smith, M.L.A., and Rev. Father McDonald, P.P. (Windsor). After the banquet — for such it might fittingly be termed — an adjournment was made to the schoolroom, where a musical programme, arranged by Sister M. Baptista, was gone through. A very pleasant feature of the evening was the presentation to Father Barlow of an illuminated addresp, and a handsome dressing-ca^e suitably inscribed. Father Barlow is a fellow-traveller with the Rev. Father Cleary.

In the opinion of some of the oldest and most respected of our Irish and Irish-Australian colonists (says the Advocate) such a sight as that witnehsed inside and outside the Melbourne Town Hall, on St. Patrick's night, 11)02, has never been equalled, except, perhaps, on the occasion of the O'Connell centenary. The final meeting of the committee was held at the archiepiscopal Palace, on Tuesday evening, 25th inst., under the presidency of his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne, and amongst those also present was the Very Rev. the Administrator of the Cathedral (Dean Phelan, hon. treasurer). Extreme pleasure and satisfaction was expressed at the result of the concert, socially and financially. The gross receipts amounted to the handsome sum of £230, and, after paying all expenses, £165 3s 2d remained for that most deserving charity, the Foundling Hospital, Broadmeadows.

The following telegram was received by Cardinal Moran from the Hon. C. C. Kingston, Federal Minister of Customs, on the day prior to his Eminence's departure for Rome. It was in answer to Cardinal Moran's invitation to Mr. Kingston to be present at the St. Patrick's Day Celebrations : — l Many thanks for kind invitation which I should have been honored to accept, but I find it will be impossible to be in Sydney on St. Patrick's Day. I must apologise for delay in answering, but for the last 10 days I have been in Adelaide, where I have been called by the sickness of my son who is still very seriously ill. lam thus prevented from being with you, but with all the warmth of the Irish blood that is in me, and of which lam so proud, I thank you for the honor. I wish you all a highly successful gathering. God speed the wish to Irishmen from an Irishman, proud of his Irish father, wife, and blood, and ever grateful to Irishmen both in Australia and elsewhere for many kindnesses.' *

Miss Amy Casiles (says the Catholic Press) had, a royal reception when she first touched Australian soil on her return recently. At Fremantle the Acting-Premier and the Ministry of West Australia, the Mayor and Town Clerk of Perth, the Mayor and Town Clerk of Fremantle, and other official and distinguished citizens, boarded the steamer and welcomed the youngest distinguished daughter of the Commonwealth, and then brought her ashore in the Government yacht. She was escorted to the Ministerial carriage and taken to Perth, where she was formally welcomed. It was a joyous event, and there was much speech-making. On her arrival in Melbourne she will be received by the Mayor, and a grand reception will be given in her honor in the Town Hall. She will give three concerts in Melbourne and one in Bendigo, and then she will come on to Sydney, opening here on April 17. Afterwards she will probably make a flying visit to New Zealand, giving Bix concerts there.