Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Issue 17, 25 April 1907, Page 35

Intercolonial

The additions to the Convent of Mercy, St s Rieran's parish, Golden Grove, we're blessed and openeti'on Siuv day, Ap,ril 7,- by his Eminence Cardinal Moran. The recent bazaar held in St. "Mary.'s Hall, St. K,ilda East," in aid of the funds of the parish), realised the satisfactory profit of" £907 11s. During the past year, the' liabilities have been reduced by'£ljß3B 19s 10-d. : - • "- . * The postponed sports gathering in connection- with St. Patrick's Day were held -on the "Agricultural Grounds, Sydniey,. on April 6. When there was an "'attendance -of~-about 15,000 persons. 'During the afternoon ' addresses were . delivered' ~ by- his Eminence Cardinal Moran, Hon. Hugh Mahon, Senator Need'ham, the Lord Mayor of . Sydney, Hon. Dr. 'Nash, M;L.C., Mr. E. W_ O'Sullivan, -M.L.A., ~aaid others. - - - At the opening of the Golden * Grove* Convent -'on Sunday,- April- 1 f Dr. Murray (Bishop of Maitland) said that next .Octo.bex -he would b.e -forty-one years in Australia. His Lordship falls, * short by\ six nioniths* "of being on a level with Archbishop Murphy as the oldest 'Bishop 'in Australia. Dr. Murray recalls that j.t was Cardinal Moran, when - Bishop .of Ossory, aided him to obtain the first Sisters of Mercy for his diocese and for Australia. " ; •We have now (writes the Melbourne correspondent of the ' Freeman's Journal ') a typical Australian native at the top of the .A.N.A. ladder, Mr. A. J. O'Dwyer, 8.L., a native of Bendigo, and in possession of a good practice at Echuca. By a unanimous vote the A.N.A. at, the annual ''conference elected him to "the presidential chair of the executive- council for the current year. Speaking at a recent . 'gathering" of the A.N.A. , he said : ' Two fundamental elements of the association — never to indulge in sectarianism or party politics— had at no time been forgotten. 1 These w>ise words were applauded by the meeting. " -' The Very Rev. J. Ryan, S.J., Superior of the Jesuit Order in Australia, has been giving ia very suceecsful mission in Brisbane lately. Father Ryan is a Limerick man, educated at. the Irish College, Rome, under the late Monsignor Kirby. In -1875 he came to the Maitland diocese, - an.d subsequently 'became President of St.. Charles' Seminary, Bathurs't. The present Coadju tor-Bishop of Mai bland and Monsignor Long, of Bathurst, were amongst those of the students . who worked under -~him. Then he entered the Jesuit Order, passing, the novitiate at Adelaide, an-d later he held positions in the Jesuit Colleges at Sydney and Melbourne, until a few years ago he became Provincial of .- the Order. In his speech at St. Patrick's Day demonstration in, Sydney, Mr. Hugh Mahon, M.H.R., by way of apology for the length ,of his address, told a happy story. An Irishman and a Northumbrian, quarrelled in a : .lonely place, where there was no chance of getting a referee. So, having decided to- fight it out/ they mutually. - agreed that the fight should stop as socn as one of them cried, ' Sufficient.' The contest raged for nearly an Tfour until both men were well-nigh exhausted, when the Geordie called out, ' -Suff-ee-cient !' 'By crikey,' cried the Irishman, as hostilities ceased, and he shook his opponent Jjy the hand; ' that's the word I've been trying to think of for the last half hour.' Needless to say, Mr. Mahon's audience was not so ungenerous as to follow the Geordie's example. On the contrary, they requested him .to keep right x>n. His Eminence the Cardinal (says the ' ' Catholic . Press,' of April 11), •is notable "for the punctuality with which he keeps his engagements, and newspaper reporters have , frequently observed that the - Cardinal arrives at the various meetings held under his presi-. deacy almost to the very tick of the clock. His Eminence is also very loth' to disappoint any gathering which expects his presence, and it is a severe", illness indeed that prevents him from adhering, to iis programme. He lms had an unpleasant attack, of influenza •lately," but he insisted on attending the St. -Patrick's Day celebrations and the ceremonies at Golden Grove on the following day. It must have been a severe strain on his constitution to do this, and Ms Eminence, took a big risk, but we -are glad to say that he was able" to preside over the meeting of the Bishops of the Province at Manly on Wednesday, apparently making a rapid recovery from his recent illness..