Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 19, 9 May 1907, Page 35

Intercolonial

Additional stained glass windows, at a cost of £1000, for St. Patrick's Cathedral,, will be delivered in Melbourne shortly. This/ year will bring tlie age of Cardinal Moran to 77, and that of Dr. Murray, Bishop of Maitland, to 82 ; yet neither has occasion to use spectacles. In the, juvenile choir competition at the Eight Hours' celebration, Bendigo, the' Marist Brothers' boys got first place, and St. Kilian's school (girls) second. The Church of St. John the Baptist, Clifton Hill, Melbourne, was solemnly blessed and re-opened on Sunday, April 28, by his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne. The cost of this fine ohurch up to date is £32,000, of which sum . Mr. Thomas E. Verga has contributed about £12,00 1 0. The Bank of New South Wales celebrated its nineteenth anniversary last month. Three years after its foundation the cashier walked off with the whole of its capital without any -word of adieu. This would be rather a difficult task nowadays. The duplication of the. railway line between Melbourne and Sydney has been mooted by Mr. Chapman. The telegraph line is to be duplicated at once be- ' tween the two capitals. The convenience of two daily express trains would be greatly appreciated by the travelling public. At a meeting in Melbourne recently, at which his Grace the Archbishop presided, it was decided to Hold a bazaar in October next for the purpose of wiping off the debt on the Cathedral Hall, which now stands at £3700. A short time ago a generous benefactor made a gift of £1000 towards this object. His Grace the Archbishop is anxious to see the hall free of debt before las departure for Rome next year. 'The prosperity of Victoria, no less than that of the sister States, was adverted to by the Acting-Prime Minister (Sir John Forrest), when opening a flower show at Footscray. Sir John said the total external trade for 1906, putting exports and imports together, amounted to £114,000,1)00, as against £95,000,000 the year before. The imports increased ■by £6,000,000, and the exports by £13,000,000. There, were three items which sweiied the exports last year— £3,250,000 worth of butter was turned out in addition to what was used locally ; grain and flour, £6,000,000; and wool, £22,000, 005. Another of the pioneer priests has gone (says the Sydney ' Catholic Press '). One by one their ranks are thinning, until only a very few remain. This time a venerable man of 83 years has left vs — Archdeacon D'Arcy, of Wellington, whose long term of useful and meritorious labor closed on April 17 at his presbytery. The end was not unexpected, as the Archdeacon had been in indifferent health for some time. Archdeacon D'Arcy was a native of Clonmel, County Tipperary, and came of a well-known family. He was & nephew of Archdeacon McEnroe, the eminent pioueer priest of Queensland, and JSJew South Wales, who was instrumental in bringing him to Australia. He was ordained in Car-low College, and came to this State in 1859. He was engaged on the mission at Shoalhaven, Perth, Bathurst and Wellington, as well as being vicepresident of St. John's College. He also labored for siome years in Queensland. Archdeacon D'Arcy returned to the diocese of Bathurst, but was again in Queensland in 1882, having been invited by Bishop O'Quinn shortly before his death to preach the jubilee in the • northern State. The Archdeacon took charge of Wellington in 1882 and since then the progress of the Church has been very rapid. Convent schools and churches have been built at Dripstone, Bodangora, Stuart Town, and Euchareena. The funeral of the late Archdeacon D'Arcy was,t*e largest ever seen In the district. His Lordship Bishop Dunne, assisted by - a large number of priests, officiated at the cemetery.