INTERCOLONIAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 27, 3 July 1902, Page 7

INTERCOLONIAL.

It is intended by the Hibernian Society at Townaville (Queensland) to ereot a monument on the grave of the late Father Mulligan, and the congregation propose to perpetuate his memory by the insertion of a stained -glass window in the new church. A memorial fair held at Westbury (Tasmania) for the pnrpose of liquidating the debt on the Archdeacon Hogan Clock Tower proved very successful. The takings for the first three nights amounted to £159. The debt on the Memorial Tower is about £260. The Archbishop of Adelaide, who is a mupical enthußiapt, in addition to his many other versatile gifts (writes the Southern CrotS) called upon Miss Amy Castles at the South Australian Hotel the other day. When Dr. O'Reily first heard Miss Castles at one of our convent schools on her last visit to Ade'aide he predicted a great future for her. At a meeting of the parishioners of St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, held in the Cardinal's Hull recently to consider the best means of raising fnnds to meet the cost of renovating St. Mary's Presbytery, the ladies present pledged themselves to hold a social at an early date, by whicii they anticipated being able to raise at least half the required sum, namely, £250. At the practical examinations under the auspioes of the London College of Music at Maitland the other day, Miss Bertha McGowen and Miss Fanny Connelly, of Singleton, were successful in gaining the diploma of associate of the college, carrying with it the cap and gown of the college and the privilege of appending the letters A.L.O.M. Miss Clara Robinson, also of Singleton, scoured a senior pass, with honors. The results were obtained on the pianoforte. The above-named young ladies were trained for the examinations by the Sisters of Mercy at the Convent High School, Singleton. At an entertainment given recently in St. John's School Hall> East Melbourne, the Very Rev. Dean Phelan read the balance-sheet in connection with the recent bazaar. The total receipts were A 726 18s, and the expenses £18 13, leaving a net balance of £708 ss. Commenting on these fignres the Dean congratulated all those conneotfcd with the bazaar, particularly the joiDt hoc. sees., Messrs Brennan and Conlon, on establishing what he considered was a record. To run a bazaar for three weeks and alear over £700 with so little expense is, as far as I am aware, without a rival or anything to approach it. 1 The Church Commonwealth,' the organ of the High Church party of Australia, in its last issue, has this paragraph anent the attacks of the ultra-Orange sheet — The Hock — ' The Jesuits have scored a victory against the Hock. Father Bernard Vaughan, S.J., determined to put a stop to the continual stream of slander which issues from the papers under Orange influence, and accordingly brought a test case against the Rock for libel in its references to himself. It is high time that ' Evangelicals,' as they love to term themselves, left off their use of carnal weapons of slander, and we trust the lesson learnt in the recent lawsuit will help them to mend their ways. It is strange to find ourselves in any sympathy with the Jesuits, but in this matter we are heartily glad for their victory .' Mr and Mrs Thomas Curran, sen., (says the Freeman's Journal') have broken up their home at Glebe Point with a view to an extended residence in the old country. It is Bomewhat remarks ble that Mr Curran, who for a number of years worked with an Irish Parliamentary Party whose usefulness was impared by dissension, should on the eve of his return to London — when it is possible the Irish electors may again avail themselves of his services — have assisted at an enthusiastic Home Rule meeting in Sydney which has united local forces in the interests of a united Irish party and people. A. public meeting, at which the Mayor presided, was held recently in Newcastle for the purpose of taking steps to raise funds for the Waratah Deaf and Dumb Institution, conducted by the Dominican nun?. One of the speakers said there were 30 pupils now in the institution, many of them being non-Catholics, and all classes, irrespective of their religion or station in life, were admitted The debt on the institution was £5250, and the annual interest to be paid amounted to £300. To meet the expenses the Sisters had to depend mainly on the voluntary donations of the public. If something were not soon done, it might be found necessary to close the institution. Apropos of the rumours respecting Cardinal Moran's possible retention at the Curia, the Rome correspondent of the Freeman» Journal, writing on May 4, remarks :—": — " No Cardinal of English ideas and English speech has resided in the Roman Courts since the death of Cardinal Howard in 1892, after a couple of years of illness and absence in England. His last predecessor had been Cardinal Acton, the memory of whose opposition to the views of the English Vicars-Apostolic about the reconstitution of the national hierarchy spoke for independence of spirit and the immense influence attaching to such a position. Cardinal Newman had been created as a Cardinal of the Curia. He had no episcopal jurisdiction abroad, but he did not reside in the Court ; the veneration entertained for his years, learning, and career had procured him the privilege of exemption from the obligation of residence. Suoh a case as that of Cardinal Moran was the exact reverse. He was a member of the Sacred College, with the Btatus of a metropolitan in a national capital abroad, and his resignation would be in its oonaequences the converse to the elevation of Cardinal Newman to the purple."