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* The death is announced of Mr. J. J. O'Meara, for some years a police magistrate of Victoria. He was 75 years of age at the time of his death, and was born in Dublin. He came to Victoria in 1852, and, after being in business near Ballarat, he joined the public service in 1865.
The cattle donated to the Rev. A. Horan for the reduction o-f the debt ou St. Mary's Cbiurch, Ipswich, were sold "by auction recently, and realised the handsome sum of £ ( Jo(i, which with cash donations received in lieu, would make a total of about £1200 in aid of the chmreh debt reduction fund.
Bishop Dunfle, of Wilcannia, presides over a diocese of big distances. Though resident at Broken Hill, his diocese includes the town of Bourke, some 300 miles north wards. To avoid the inconvenience of road travelling between these points, Dr. I>unne undertakes' a journey of about 2000 miles four times a year, namely, from Broken Hill to Adelaide, thence to Melbourne, Sydney, and Boi.rke. The furnishing of some of the chapels of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, including the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Blessed Sacrament (says the ' Advocate '), has been completed, and their beautiful mosaic tiling and richly-decorated walls bring them into unison with the elegantly furnished sanctuary. A lady has generously undertaken to provide the mosaic tiling for one of the other chapels, and the work will shortly be proceeded with.
On the Feast of the Visitation the solemn, ceremonies of reception and profession took place at St. Josejjh's Coment, Nai|th Sjdney. Among those who received the religious habit was Mis's Daly, of Auckland (in religion Sister M. Ina). Among the novicea was Miss Fit/gibbon, of Arrowtown (in religion Sister M. Dominica). Three of the Sisters left for this Colony a few days later for the purpose of taking charge of the Maori mission at Taupo, in ihe King Country.
Arrangements (says the Sydney ' Freeman's Journal ') are being quickly pushed forward for the holding of the Third Plenary Council of the Australian CJiiurch at St. Patrick's College, Manly, next September. Their Lordships the Bishops will meet under the presidency of his Eminence Cardinal Moran, and will address themsel■\es to matters of Ecclesiastical Law and discipline. It is not yot definitely known what matters will iorm subjects for special discussion, but it is supposed that the revision of the Catechism, at present used in our Catholic schools, will be one.
The Melbourne ' Age ' pointed out that the recent orening of the datholic Cathedral at Broikien Hill, drawing as it did the Barrier priests from every parl of Dr. Dunne's Inigje diocese, afforded a convincing illustration that ' pioneer ' Church work is not extinct in Australia. One priest left his parish in a b'ugjgy for Broken 1 1 ill three weeks before the opening of the Cathedral, and travelled 7:10 miles before' he reached thie town in good time for the ceremony. His course lay along the north-west of New South Wales \ia Wilcannia, and he had to go 150 miles out of his way to celebrate a marriage.
Tho death of Mr. E J. Ryan, of George street West, Sydney, creates a gap in the ranks of the pronnnont Irishmen in that city. 'I he deceased, who was only 41 years of age, was born at Turrahren House, Tip^erary, atiU |vas educated at the College of the Patrician Brothers at Mountrath, where he went through his scholastic couise with great distinction. lie came to Australia in 1881, and followed the teaching profession in Maitland and other places, and latterly in Sydney, where he conducted with much success the University College" The late Mr. Ryan was a ftuent linguist, being; convarsakit with many European languages. The remains were interred in the Waverley Cemetery, clo c c to the '08 monument, which he had helped to etyect.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 30, 27 July 1905, Page 31
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