INTERCOLONIAL

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1, 4 January 1906, Page 51

INTERCOLONIAL

The Rev. M. Murphy, of Meredith (archdiocese of Melbourne), will leave for New Zealand on January 10 on a three months' holiday for the benefit of his health. This will be his first holiday during 27 years' ministration as a priest. , The many friends, clerical and lay, of Dr. M. U. O'Sullivan, P. R. C.5.1., the eminent surgeon of Collins street (says the i Melbourne ' Advocate '), .will be pleased to learn that he has been made a Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Gieat (K.C.S.G.). The Rev. Brother Carroll has been transferred from the Christian Brothers' schools, St. Kilda East, to the charge of the Adelaide College, Wakefield street, and the Rev. Brother Fogarty, of the Victoria Parade College, takes charge of the St. Kilda schools. The Right Rev. Dr. O'Connor, Bishop of Armidale, the Right Rev. Dr. Dunne, Bishop of Bathurst, the Very 1 Rev. Dean Marshall, Maryborough (Victoria), the Rev. M. J. Shanahan, Hamilton (Victoria), Rev. Father Dunne (brother of Bishop Dunne), and the Hon. John Meaghcr, M.L.C., leave for a trip to Europe by the ' Ortona ' on February 13. The following priests for Australia and New Zealand arrived during Ihe week (says the Melbourne ' Advocate,' December 23) :— Rev. J. M'Kton and Rev. C. Conlon farchdiocese of Melbourne) ; Rev. Joseph Rowan and Rev.. Father Healy (diocese of Rockhampton) ; Rev. John Finegan (diocese of Maitland) ; Rev. James Molloy (diocese of Auckland) ; Rev. Thos. Lynch '(diocese of Goulburn) ; Rev. Father O'Rourke (diocese of Perth). The Rev. Father O'Sullivan, who was connected with the Goulburn diocese for a number of years, has now been affiliated to his native diocese of Cloyne, County Cork, Ireland. When going to Australia at first it was necessary he should receive his Bishop's permission, which was given conditionally that he should return after a limited term. It is possible, however, he may return to Goulburn in the near future. For the present he has received an appointment in a most picturesque locality between Macroom and Killarney. ' I think that Australia should be proud of her children,' said Bishop Duhig, in speaking on prize day at the Convent! High School, Rockharmpton. l Visitors here are generally brought to our goldfields, or to our coal-mines, or to our pastoral lands to see the wealth of this great country ; but had I the doing of it, I would lead the visitors into our schools, for I believe that in her bright children Australia has her grandest and her greatest asset. Although not an Australian born, I know something of the Australian children. I have, I might say, grown up with them. I have been to school with them, and I love the Australian children, and I am proud of I ' my association with them.' A recent issue of the London ' Daily Chronicle ' contains the following :— The Hon. Hugh Mahon, who has tabled a motion in the Commonwealth Parliament inviting the London papers to send special correspondents to inquire whether the* Australian laws impede British immigration, was Postmaster-General in the shortlived Labor Government of Mr. Watson. Except Sir Charles Oavan Duffy, he has been the only Irish political prisoner to attain Cabinet rank in Greater Britain He was in Kilmainham with Mr. Parnell and other eminent Irish politicians of the stormy Land League period. lie afterwards 'emigrated, and" joined the staff of one of the Sydney papers, subsequently moving to the Western Australian goldfields, where he founded and edited a paper of his own. Prior to distributing the prizes won by scholars at the Loreto Cbllege, Albert Park, the Archbishop of Melbourne made an announcement as to the provisions to be made for the higher scientific training of teachers in Catholic schools. His Grace said that the Bishops of the province of Melbourne had resolved to establish a central training college, situated in Melbourne under the supervision of the Sisters of Loreto, at Albert Park They would be charged with the general administration of the institute, and the material, moral and religious welfare of the students. The services had been secured of a lady of considerable experience in scho_ol organisation, Miss Barbara M. Bell, a diplomee of Cambridge University. _In her relation to the pupils she wouldfill the position of mistress of studies and method suoervising their scholastic work,, and stimulating. their efforts to reach the highest point of efficiency- At the Provincial Synod (Sydney) it was decided to establish a training college in each State of the Commonwealth