The Christian Brothers in West Australia

New Zealand Tablet, 1 November 1906, Page 12

The Christian Brothers in West Australia

On Sunday, September 30, his Lordship Bishop Gib- £ 6 Lw SS e Se d * new schools erected for the Christian Brothers at Kalgoorlie, an event which is hailed by the local press, as.it was by the Mayor (Mr J H -.Cummins), who presided over the gathering,- as an iml portant epoch in the history of the goldfields. __The school is admirably adapted to the- climate. I^his • RrSwl st * tem , ent Canon , Rpbinson said -the house the Brothers would occupy had cost £#JSO, but the Bishop had guaranteed £2000 for three years The hew ih P °°L h^ «»*-"*"60.,-witH&ut extras 7 demanded "bj irTnJ^f 44 * 0 ? , Healtl i and the furnishings, which would bring the total up to practically £2000 Aeainst this .^had collected £520, of which W Bishop had feiven "a rßissr Bis s? P v Gibl V e 7 said th at,; after the eloquent address delivered; by Canon Robinson r Ec only intended to make, with a few exceptions, ' some commonplacf r£ marks As the Mayor had so aptly put it the 'day -marked an_ epoch in the history of Kaleoorlio Pn m? l Robinson did not. belong to the dioSe t?ll a Tw months ago but Bis Bishop had now handed him oveT to him (the speaker), and he, intended to .taker gJod care of him He was pleased now to 'find- that" the education facilities of r Kalgoorlie were almost complete The convents -had been doing excellent" work aSwlufn lie applied for Christian Brothers the Canon'- wSs pro- : .mised the very best mari they had. In Brother TW '****}* ,Was, Wa s satisfied the promise hid teen fulfilled P ft gladdened his heart to see- Brother- iSSaa at ■*i goorhe, for nothing would now bo -left Sne to tVain

th«ir boys. He wanted to see every Ca+hnlif nM\A I^^"^ hiS , CoUrse "^ He dia^Jt -want them to be ,s,ecohd to those of any other d£fSFTir*- A H t ™l n{ * di ° s ee his boysLd^ns in , the lead. As he was leaving Perth lie had a few notes placed m his hand, wniSh served to show thT success fee; Brotheif. had achieved there dS the ..past seven years tlieir. record at examinations was •- _ University-Primary or preliminary, 56 passes- luni'oT examination, 79 passes ; senior wdndfiffii pS • higher (four years inly), 17 passes, honors, 138 naY tralia ?\?lf? HutH uth i and West Aus4 +m^ i^ ' S ?7 ond ?i lace ' 6 times ; -third place, th» eS > th . ey t^ ou1 ?^ tfained t0 ta*e t h e fi^t Sface in - «.n n uSihn- 4sr# s?HS might achaeve that success he expected the parents To co-operate with the. teachers, for youne Afw??.H !£- aaSnfaV 0 want^ -'thr OO e e /a°y UU s n i wlek^SS *200 he am ° Ullt collecled ** the opening was nearly