Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 20 December 1906, Page 35

Intercolonial

' The. Hon. : Meagher-. ' is ' on his '" way" ,back to Australia,,- 'and will probably; be -.homer- by- the end, of tHc_ mon.th.-l'"-' L ~ "{ ' , -\, ' ' : -^- 1 , vv'"V '" '■- '* -- His Eminence " Cardinal' Morah- -lauNthe ' foundation stone -v of. - 'a : - new, "convent .for -jChe - ; .Sisteri;,qf S t/CJ oseph -- at Rookwood^a _ few » Sundays- ag^Qi %. "\< . \- ~\' Master Desmond Gava'n Jpuft^a nephew ' of tfoer- late Sir Charles -Gavan Duffy, -w^on/the Berthon Scholarship in thepiJhayersity of /Melbourne^.- It was • open" to • all university,- students •in.^Ui&ir.-i-'^first year. He was-edu-cated at 'St. IgnaUiis'-j t j ollege^ Ri-ver\»iew; wh'er,e" he recently ■ cormpleted his"- course."-' >' j Of -the 24 r aldermen elected to the Sydney- Gity. Council, ten are Catholics-: Aldermen, -J . ,Englislr, who the poll in 1 ; ly^HjighjeXvßourSe "Ward-;, J\ «- Lane MuHins, "who .headed- 1 - the polLf.by> ov r er, 300 votes in Bligh ' -Waud;;' E. W- O' Sullivan,--- M.P.». w.tio, v headed the poll Inrdoolvv^Ward j-'^A". <'J,:-'rK:eily, w,ho". was returned unopposed for Dcniston ;' 'A. l ""~McElhone",' for Fitxroy, a ward for which five other "Catholic candidates stood, and all- polled well; - W.~ Pv Fitzigera'ld 'and G.*Mclyor,. returned unopposed, for Gipps : ; T. H. v ßarlow and It. -D. Meagher, reLurne'd ■unopposed^ for,Ehilip"."-- . . f'The late Mr. j\lar-ti-h,Da'nahe^,;lof ,Vy'ai'reri-road,{.Mar- . fickville, railway contf a,ct^or, who'died on November 2, ' -left £32,655 7's 5d. " By his- will deceased- appointed -his widow, Margaret < Danahex,* •' and , -his' children, Evelyn AuguStine Danaher, Margaret^,, Adelaide Danalier,-' Mrs. .CaUierine'Mac'auley, Mrs". 'Jila'ry Byrne," James Djtnaher, "and Henry E-dward Cyril l)anaher executors and .-trus-tees.-of his estaie, wlAch , is- -bequeathed to .the widow ,v, v and nine children. The net y.alue of the New - South Wales estate ' was declared /to -be, £^0,25&i "represented by" .real estate situated' "in- King-street; Newtbwn,' Enmo i:e, and- Marriclcyillp* Deceased also left certain real estates in New Zealand." - - ; " ;x~ -*--. Amongst the passengeis ,on boant tlu? Cunard" liner N . ' Caonip-ania'r-that sailed, for.. New, "Vlork" from -Queenstown on Sunday, October 27, were .tlie^E'ight Rev.- - Dr. * O'Connor, Anmidale, New, South Wales ;, the Right Rev. ~-"Dr. Dunne,' ' Bathursl, Npw South "-.Wales ;'" the' Rev. Fathers' Marshall and Sh'aiiahau, Ballarat, Victoria ; and A the- Rev.' Father Dunne, Sydney. ...-These are (says the- ' Catholic Times '-), after' a prolonged so* - journ on tbe Con linent and I.felantij 'now malfing- 'the ' return -voyage to Australia -/via America." Their.,de- ' parturc- was witnessed by -many of their numerous " friends, including the Rev. .'Father - Carroll,* Waterfowl, and .tha.Rev. Father O'Brien, A'rrnidale, Australia. ' -- A -general ordination was held ia,,St. .Mary's, Cathe-->.tlral on the Feast of 'Andrew,;- Apostle^ 'His Eminence the Cardinal officiated, having r "as assistants- the Rev-. Mgr. O'Haran.and the Very Rev; : -' Tattler ~'H. .McDermott (Pxesident*. o£. St: Patrick's^E'cclesiasti"'cal College, -Manly). Nine priests and 4>hree ■ •deacons were ordained. The pries ts~afe : ""Rev -Fathers Archibald McDonald , (Sydney),' Edward' Bradley' (Sydney) ,_ Thomas - Walsh (Melbcume), -William, Bernsteii~:(Melbourne)^ -Albert Wright " (Rockham i pton),.."l-lenryn'O'ReiHy (Rockhampton), also Ihe following from 1 the, Sacred" -Heart Monastery^ .Kensington: Rev. /Fathers ""'TPaur ;' Lynch, • M.S.H., John O'Connor, M.S.H., and Francis 'Kenny, • MvS.H.'The deacons arc--; - Rev,- .. Thomas Kelleher (Syd- - f ncy),;Rev r Thoma.s -Mcßrido - (Melbourne), ' and- " Rev. Arthur McHugh (Sj'dney). , '- t V r • '- ■' ' Speaking -at Ttookwood s the other :. day Gairdinal Moran_ said * they had just -brought- the elections -to a close in, Sydney, ,and -he, was happy to say, .that - throughout .all the municipal congests \ there was not the smallest sign ol bigotry oh' any 'side, as .far. as ; he could see. At -least, ? so'ctfar as. -Catholics -were concerned, .'they resolved" to give "their votes for,, the best ",.man, ' whoever, he was,-., that -^as presented" "to" ..them, and , te— -thought the' citizens,/ bad- .rihade -an '.' excellent -_' cht'.ce. -Tlie only instance of an to introduce r '. "any thing, .like "bigotry was when^tbe Grand "Master ";of , _ the .Orangemen wasi brought forward .in opposition to a-. Mr. -Thomas. Hughes, and -.he ijfiie \ Qaxdiiial-)-, was 1, chappy w rto^ -see - that Mr. Hughes " gave r himw-.-a' most - princely "-beating. He hoped it -would- always- jcontimae'. thus; and '' t-hat t'lhQse- who endeavored'; to" „"the- Orange •-'=flag' or othei'^elciHent^'of';. sectarianism"^in'. municiI*"I '*" pal, .or . eTectioftceri'^g jnatters ,-.woxildv- ialwaysv.be defeated, rio 'matter under what flag.i they v-might 'present "them- '--- 'Selves. — He -hoped- people- -would- -alw-ays -vote- for-- the u_ . bes,t .., man .and jbhe .best .patriot wlip r^pould,, . Jiiost ef- ? c 'ftc f leritly "promotte'^the i'htcKfiSt^* ; -of Thus -'they would put an end" io bigotry' 1 -jlnd 1 sectarianism which"' had done so much "damage- in 'the past -to the ' interests' of the country..