Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 5, 31 January 1907, Page 35

Intercolonial

A special cable message to the S Advocate !- states that Dr. _Kenny, K.S.Cf., .the well known' Melbourne specialist, has, been appointed Chamberlain of thp Sword and" Cloak- to his Holiness the Pope. On January 15, the Rev. W. Ganly" left by the ' Ortona ' on a twelve months' M;rip to Europe and the .Holy. Land. _ Many of the rev. gentleman's clerical and lay friends "were, at the -ship's- side to bid him bon voyage: ' - - . Rev. Brother Clement,- who has- presided "over- St. Joseph's College, Hunter's Hill, for- the. past- "six years, has been rS-appointed Director for ' a further', term . of three years. This has given, general satisfaction to all concerned. ••- - _ . . Common coal tar' has been demonstrated by Mr. P. Merrigan, of Springbank, Barnawartha, .to be useful iir destroying . A stone .smeared with tar is placed at the mouth of a burrow, and it is found that a' rabbit _, will not pass over it to- enter or leave the burrow. A number of burroiws dug out a few days after .being experimented on with the^ tar "were found to contain many dead rabbits.' • In Catholic circles and in a wider - sphere here (writes a Melbourne correspondent),, and I think- the same can. be predicated of the Commowwea/lth, . and New Zealand, the high Papal distinction conferred on the eminent Melbourne - specialist, Dr. . Moysius Leo Kenny, .has given great, satisfaction, and it is generally recognised that the genial specialist has- fully merit-, ed the honor bestowed on him" by Ms spiritual Sovereign,- our Holy Father Pius X. - His Grace the Archbishop of Adelaide has decided" on the following clerical changes in the archdiocese, which will take effect • from May... 1 next :— Monsignor Byrne, V.G., (who had retired from "active -duty) will resume the administration of the Goodwood parish,, and the Rev. C. O'Donnell, who ■is at: present" in charge,, will be transferred to Gleneig and Marion. The .Rev. J. Hanrahan, who is at present in charge of the last, named parish, will take charge of a new parish, comprising- the Semaphore, Largs Bay, and the • territory west"" of the Torrens at present included in the parish of Port Adelaide. -- - - - , The" following clerical changes tiave. been made in "the diocese of Perth :— The Very Rev. Dean -O'Reilly from Coolgardie to -York ; the Rev. P. Lynch from York to Coolgardie ; the Rev. . P' Donagher from Busselton to Perth; the Rev. J. Maloriey. . from Perth to • Busseltqn;. the -Rev. M. Reidy from Albany to Ravens thorpe ; the Rev. J.- Reidy from Guildford to Albany ; the Rev. T. O'Gorman from Perth to Boulder ; the Rev. H. O'Reilly from Perth to , Guildford ; the Rev. J. Masterson from Perth to Kalgoorlie ; the ,Rev. B. Fagan from Menzies to ' Victoria ..Park ;_' the" Rev. M. Grehan f*om Menzies to Cottlesloe; the Rev. T. Gilroy from Boulder to -Menzies. t In reply to a newspaper representative, . his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne gave his opinion on the joint circular . issued in England- advocating an adequate observance of the Sunday,-" -and which bore, amongst others, the' "- signatures ' of the Archbishops of Westminste?'>(DiC Bourne) and of Canterbury (Dr. Davidson). His Grace' said that the appeal was very timely and salutary. *' Where the obligations of "the Sabbath are not observed,' he said, 1 religion is certain to suffer. Man's. chief duties .are to God, and the Sabbath is set aside for the purpose of enabling a man to discharge these, duties on that day in a fuller and more "special "manner" than, he has the opportunity of doing on the other. days of „ the week. The Sabbath was intended -for- • another purpose also, namely, the rest and reasonable*" relaxation of man after the labors of the preceding- week. Wfiete the two objects are conjoined the observance is, in-.the words of the appeal, adequate and reasonable observance of Sunday. *It would, 1 he added, •be impossible to state in any definition or form of _words how,, in, each individual case, this " fulfilment of "the^ two -classes of .duties is to be accomplished. There are necessities on the part of- the ► State, on the part of-So-ciety, on the part of privale individuals, -which must be taken into account. These -vary in different times, and the object of the "churches and the -Legislature should be to reconcile them, as far as circumstances may permit, always bearing in mind Jthat man's duties to God are primary and paramount.'