Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 8 November 1906, Page 35

Intercolonial

' , - His Grace the Coadjutor-Archbishop of Sydney, . a few Sundays ago, laid "the foundation-stone .of; a new church at~ Michelago^ which is be erectejd;in.memory of the late Rev. J. J H. jO'Gorman.c\ --"' " ; ---' " "- \ 'The ;Rev. r Father Gressin,..M.S;H., who:" has- been for some years "in v charge of- the Campbell Town- Mission (Tas.) ,~. -has-.-, been transferred by. his superiors ,to N.S.W., - where. ; he fills the- "position of pastor, of the. mission of- Bellingen in .the dio.cese ; _of Lismpre\.After . laboring in Junce for Inea'rly seven -years ' as 'to- the Very "Rev. M." . Buckley, . Ihe ' Rev. Father O'Learyis (the ' Southern ', Cross '• says) about taking' his:^ departure.' It :is .'his' intention., tp,^ join .a religious '" Order in Ireland. During his all :-top short residency Here, Father O-Ecary : .has endeaft£l himself .not alone to- 'his own people, but- to those other nominations. ' .'-" - ----"..- ..v..,- . During the latter part of October the -Irish envoys, Messrs. Devlin and Donovan, held very successful meetings in Newcastle, - Singleton;, :" Armidale, - Gunnegah, etc. Our Sydney exchanges report ;that Jar-; < rangements have now been ' made % - for the-' = -i&hal meetings in Sydney's suburbs. The, envoys , will, address a "meeting at North /Sydney on November- 13j and at Paddihgton on the following evening. ..-."-" "Dr. N. M. O'Donnell,. .the president *oj ttie~_ United Irish ..League of Victoria, -has -forwarded. --. a second draft for £1000 to Mr. J . - Redmondi- In- his letter to the Irish Parliamentary "LeaderJDr. O'Donnell says : • 'I . am enclosing another^ draft, this 1 ; time, for'; £lp~oo^making in all £4000. collected' • and'forwarded'" from ."the - State', of Victoria during the visit o£ Messrs..- Devlin and DonovcSn. Even this jdoes : -not represent -the lull success of their tour here, "as 'about £500 has, yet to come. I received a. .letter- from , -Mr. \ -Devlin -to-day .- from- Newcastle, N.5.,W.," : , arid "he. 'speaks ";"' in.- glowing terms of their mission "in the* ' Northern _"" States. • Queensland will realise £2500, 'and . New South' - Wales upwards of £6000. Between the -Commonwealth and : New" Zealand the iinal total ought, to exceed £15,000. The Premier of Victoria has -decided to- {grant Mr. • Townseml MacDermott, the father •of the -Australian _ Bar;;"a' pension of £1 per week -for the remainder -of • -his.-. days. - The veteran barrister, who is 89 years of age,- "was for many years . a member' of. the Legislative Assembly, and held the position of Solicitor-General ."in*lS7s in the Kerferd Government.- Mr- MacDermott, ■ who is a graduate of Trinity^ College,"* Dublin, has -"'been 66 years at ,the. Bar**" land is probably the-oldest ' legal practitioner in the Empire. JShortly after his ad-<-"mission "to the Bar he. acted as junior -counsel to- -the famous Daniel O' Council iff" a "celebrated case" heard at .Dublin. -. • s< .... , .=. = , /- . . \' .'- ' .His Eminence Ca^dirial-^Moran, in an" address at . Liverpool (N.5.W.),. on- Sunday, ? October-.; 21, :— -. New South Wales is almost" -the;, oiily-^part of the whole civilised world' where, charitable -institutions-.re- , ceive no. . aid whatever from the Government. Even in " : China itself, where ""the "-sword^-of persecution was" -un- "• sheathed against the faithful, the Government never fails "to add, its contribution tbV. the", sustqnah.ee -of ages which' are carried on. -by the, . Sisters of Charity .in China, and in Turkey— in -Jerusalem and Constanti1 nople— these institutions of *■ charity, received aid from the Governm.cnt. ; If wits really "a 'shameful' 'thing , to' have to say that this „. State, . . here-, among "our- ' selves in New South Wales; : which boasts of being the .': premier State of Australia, is the only -State hvAusthat does not" aid- the- orphan ages,. and- the only -civilised Government in "the world that does not .carry lon the. same work. . - _. ■ ■;...- J.^-J-- _-- The visit of his EmanenceJ^a^inal Moran> to^Liver- - pool on Sunday; October 2J,"Jwas;; .the occasion of. a very impressive demonstration ,^by- .the, .people of- the -town .and -district. The eeremoniesr,-. consisted of the " .blessing-, of - the foundation"'of the additions' to the. orphanage of St. Anne, the_ completion'; ]' of the chapel, , , and „the_. new asylum for, " th'e-'blind, which form part of Vj.tbTe^-addilridns, as well as ~ ther blessing, and opening of Jthc new Convent of the Sisters -of,/ 1 . Charity. There . are at present 58 inmates in; the Girls' Orphanage, and the additional blind asylum will accommodate thirty inmates, besides affording - accommodation .^or-twenty other inmates- at a total _ cost of . £2600. These addi- " tions "are expected: to be' finished about March. l There ■= "are also additions to the chapel^ of- the In the High School conducted by- the Sisters . there are ■ some 34 boarders, and in the infants' school 130 ' pupils. The High School is conducted by eight Sisters and four governesses. - . ;■ .