Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 48, 28 November 1907, Page 35

Intercolonial

The '» Advocate ' states that His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne intends to leave on his visit ' ad limina' to Rome about Easter next. " The entertainment given recently in Sydney in aid of the» fund being raised for ' Eva ' of the ' Nation ' netted about £100 The Very Rev. G. O'Farrell, 0.P., of North Adelaide, who recently met .with a severe accident near iMolong, is progressing favorably in St. Vincent's Hospital. A new. Cathedra^ is to /be bluilt in Gexaldton (W.A.), which is estimatd ta cost £10,000, £2,000 of which is in tiaiud. The Cathiolios of the town held' a bazaar recently, which netted considerably over. £200. Miss Dolly Castles, . formerly of- Mr. J. C. Williamson's Comic Opera Company in Australia has appeared , at. the 'Gaiety Thefatre, London, in ' The Girls of Gottieriberg.' -Miss Castles 1 scored* a success. The Rev. Father Denis Mitchell, C.SS.R.^ a native of Ballaratj who 'has been nine months in Europe completing his studies, returned to Australia a couple of weeks ago. It is understood he will be" attached to the Waraiah mission. Arrangements are being mad© for building a residence for Bishop Murray at St. Monica's .Cairns. - The new "building "will be completed so as to be ready for opiscopal occupation on the return of the Bishop" from the old world. The Rev. Father Benezeth, SJVL, who "recently arrived from France, accompanied by several Brothers, left Sydney last week for mission work in Samoa. Father Bemezeth, compelled to serve as a soldier for twelve months in the French army, in accordance with that .Republic's drastic law against the -Church; In the recent primary - examinations' of Adelaide "University, the Catholic schools of West Australia secured more than one-third of the', entire passes of the State. This must 'be regarded as eminently satisfactory, seeing that in that State, Catholics are not more than one- in five of- the population. His -Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne has appointed # .Rev. Ji Barry (St. Kilda East) to the charge of the "Mansfield -parish. The former pastor, "Reyr J. J. Egan r owing to ill-health, has ,been transferred t-o Williamstown as lassistant priest. The death on November 2, of the Rev Mary Stanislaus 1 Nolan, Mother Superior of the Brigidine Convent r - •Beechworth (Vie.)' was not altogether unexpected, as she ha-d suffered from- a long illnes.*. She was sixtytwfo years of age' She made her vows' at the Brigidine Convent, Abbeyleix, Queen's County, of which v her sister, who predeceased her by two years, was Mother Superior. It was announced at a meeting presided over by the Bishop of BalTarat, held at "St. Patricks- Cathedral on. November 8, that the profits of the recent.Commonweialth Bazaar haid "been allocated. The sum of £900 has been applied to the liquidation of the debt in St. Patrick's Cathedral, £811 to St. Alipius' Church, Ballarat East, and £333 to the Christian " Brothers' School at Redan. Each - of these three buildings is "now free of debt. The balance in hand will be devoted to retiling St. Patrick's Cathedral. In the Catholic Ohwrohes oj 'Hobart on. Sunday, November 3, references were made to the death of Lord Gormanstora and the ' Dead March ' was - played morning and evening. On monday morning a solemn Requiem - Mass for his lordship was celebrated at St.- Mary's Cathedral. Rev. P. R. Hennebxy, was celebtant, Revs. M. O. Carroll and J. Barry deacons, and Rey..M. W. Gilleran master of ceremonies. The nave of the (Cathedral was well filled by a congregation of the friends of the deceased and the children from the Catholio schools. . Major T . M. M'lnenntey, who has been created a -C.M.G., is a Victorian officer with a distinguished cay reer in South Africa. He is a brother -of -the Rev. J. M'lnerney, S.J., (Richmond, Vie). He . went as lieutenant with a contingent to South 'Africa. He was wounded" and taken prisoner. Shortly after his release he was appointed Queen's Advocate and Chief Magistrate of Pretoria. He was afterwards appointed VicePresident ol the Commission which dealt with the settlement of war claims. He returned to Victoria quite " recently.