Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 9 July 1908, Page 35

Intercolonial

■ ' « ■ ■■■ -j ■ , v"« The Rev. T. A. Walsh,. S.J., of St. Ignatius' College, : Rivetv view, left Sydney on June 27 for an extended tour in Europe. The Right Rev. Mgr. O'Haran has secured the use of the Town Hall on the Sunday morning during which the American Fleet will be' in Sydney. ~~ ' '

When- the last mail left, Archbishop Kelly had arrived in Rome, and was staying at the Irish College. His Grace was to be received in audience by the Pope within a few days.

About 25,000 persons were present at Manly on Sunday, June 21, at the ceremonies in honor* of the Feast' of Corpus Christi. Over 20,000 of these were conveyed by steamers from Sydney.

Archbishop Dunne, of Brisbane, celebrated the twenty-sixth anniversary of his consecration as Bishop on June 18. During the present year his Grace will reach the forty-fifth anniversary of his arrival in Brisbane.

His Lordship Bishop Gallagher laid the foundation-stone of additions to the Presentation Convent, Mount Erin, Wagga, on Sunday, June 21. Up to the present, and including the cost of the additions, about to be made, a sum of over has been spent on the buildings.

Speaking at the opening of the new school of St. Patrick's, Rockhampton, on June 17, Bishop Duhig mentioned that in' the last seven years they had spent in the erection' of new school buildings .£IB,OOO. To this might be added the bequest of the late Very Rev. Father Walsh of to be devoted towards the erection of a boys' school at Townsville.

The Federal Statist's estimate of the population of the Commonwealth and States on December 31 gives the population of New South Wales 1,568,942, Victoria 1,248,095, Queensland 54 1 »765» South Australia 302,064, West Australia 261,568, Tasmania 148,008. The increase of population was 77,556 for 1907.

The Most Rev. Dr. Delany, Archbishop-elect of Hobart, will not remain in Rome until the Consistory, which has been postponed to September next. Writing to the Rev. M. Gilleran, of Hobart, under date May 13, Dr. Delany stated that within three days he would leave Rome for Milan ; then without much delay for Friesburg in Switzerland. Later he will visit Munich, Louvain, Bruges, and London, and then proceed to All Hallows.

His Grace Archbishop Redwood (says the ' Freeman's Journal ') arrived in Sydney on Tuesday evening (June 23). His Grace was the guest of the Marist Fathers (St. Patrick's, Church Hill) during his stay in Sydney. He paid a visit to Manly "to see his Eminence the Cardinal on the day following his arrival. His Grace was accompanied by the Rev. M. O'Sullivan, S.M., who is visiting Sydney to see his sister (Sister Mary Catherine), at Monte Sant' Angelo Convent, North Sydney, who is dangerously ill. "

His Eminence Cardinal Moran contracted a slight chill, which brought on an attack of influenza, at the laying of the foundation stone of the additions to the Church of the-Immacu-late Conception, Manly, on June 14. He was not well enough to take any part in the Corpus Christi celebrations at the Cathedral, but he had recovered sufficiently to be able to drive to Manly on Sunday, June 21. He viewed the Jreat procession of the Blessed Sacrament in the grounds of St. Patrick's College from one of the balconies of the seminary.

The Rev. R. Collins, pastor of SS. Peter and Paul's, South Melbourne, celebrated the silver jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood on June 24. There was a great gathering . of the parishioners in the parish hall in honor of the-event. WhereverFather Collins has 'labored for the past- twenty^five yearVih "the: Archdiocese of Melbourne he has left behind none but .the kindest memories, and has made hosts of friends. Non-Catholic representative men are amongst his warmest friends, and these take pleasure and delight in affording material help in the religious*-, educational, social, and charitable works in which the rev. gentleman has been engaged, notably at Clifton Hill and South Melbourne. Father Collins is a native of Ballybiinion, Count* Kerry. '