INTERCOLONIAL

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 52, 28 December 1905, Page 31

INTERCOLONIAL

His Eminence Cardinal Moran blessed and opened a new wing of the Convent of Mercy, Parramatta, a few Sundays ago. Mr. P. F. Kiley, district secretary of the H.A.C.B. Society, has been unanimously elected president of the South Australian Friendly Societies' Association for the ensuing year, at the annual meeting held on Wednesday, November 29. The Bishop of Wilcannia (Dr. Dunne), who has returned to Broken Hill after an absence of nearly three months, eulogised the congregation upon the manner in which it was setting itself to meet, by the payment of monthly subscriptions (totalling about £60), the interest charges on the Cathedral building fund, and also to reduce the principal indebtedness. In connection with Bishop Duhig's consecration at Rockhampton on Sunday, December 10, it is interesting to note that he was the first student received by the Coadjutor-Archbishop of Sydney when that prelate was Rector of the Irish College in Rome, and he was the first Bishop that Dr. Kelly has consecrated. Further, Dr. Duhig's chaplains on Sunday were the Rev. Fathers Fitzpatrick (Maryborough) and Wolfe (Blackall), both of whom were at .college with the new prelate. On Monday, November 27, a serious accident wass averted by the brave act of the Very Rev. M. J. Shanahan, at Hamilton, Vie. A pair of horses were bolting through the streets, and were travelling straight towards two little children, one of whom was seated in a go-cart, in Cox street. Father Shanahan rushed out, and caused the animals to swerve. He then grasped the reins, and was knocked down, but succeeded in stopping the runaways. Master Eugene Gorman, a pupil of the Marist Brothers' School, Bendigo, who some months ago won the Austral Society's scholarship, has again distinguished himself at St. Joseph's College, Sydney, where he is now pursuing his studies. He won a special gold medal for an essay in competition with the whole of the college, besides gaining several other valuable prizes in various subjects. Master J. Ryan has this year gained the Hibernian scholarship at the . Marist Brothers' School, Bendigo, also a Very valuable gold medal, presented by Mr. Lewis, 8.A., for the dux of the school. Among the presentations to Dr. Duhig prior to his departure from Brisbane for Rockhampton was a gold crozier and an episcopal ring set with an amethyst. These were given him at Dara by Brother Barrett, under whom Dr. Duhig was a pupil. Archbishop Kelly and Mr. Justice Real spoke on the occasion, and Dr. Duhig noted the coincidence that he should have been the first student to be received by Archbishop Kelly at Rome, and the first Bishop to be consecrated by him. Nudgee College students presented Dr. Duhig with a ' History of the Church,' and a great number of handsome vestments were presented by other donors. Mr. J. G. Duffy, the Melbourne barrister, who appeared in a recent law case, trapped a witness neatly. As a practical tost of handwriting, Duffy asked him to turn bis back while two of his friends at the barristers' ta/ble wrote something on slips of paper that was to be submitted to him for examination. But when the man's back was turned Duffy wrote both the samples himself, but one of them in a disguised handwriting. Then he asked the expert for his opinion. The latter pointed out many proofs that the handwritings were quite dissimilar, and gave his opinion that one was the. work of a man of morose, gloomy nature, and the other of the opposite sort of character ! Then Duffy told the expert what had been really done while hi?; back was turned, and the witness retired for a deep,, solid think. The consecration of the Right Rev. James Duhig as Bishop of Rockhampton took place in St. Joseph's Cathedral, Rockhampton, on Sunday, December 10. The ceremonies lasted two and a half hours. The Cathedral, which holds several thousand people, was filled with a representative congregation, which included members of both Houses of Parliament and visiting prelates. The consecration ceremony was performed by the Most Rev. Dr. Kelly, Coadjutor-Archbishop of Sydney, assisted by Dr. Dwyer, Coadjutor-Bishop of Maitland, and Dr. Murray, Bishop of Cooktown. The Papal Briefs were read by the Very Rev. Father Walsh, of Townsville. At the conclusion of the ceremony, Archbishop Kelly delivered an impressive address, during which he reviewed the life and work of the Church. Afterwards several hundreds knelt before the newlyconsecrated Bishop, kissed his hand, and received his blessing-.