Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 16 July 1908, Page 35

Intercolonial

The Rev. G. A. Shannon, of Temora, was recently presented with an address, a horse, and buggy by the parishioners as a mark of their .esteem.

The Yen. Archdeacon Beechinor, of Launceston, met _with a nasty ' accident the other day. He was" hurrying through it fence near his presbytery when he fell, dislocating his ankle and breaking one of the bones therein.

According to a return prepared by the Victorian Government Statist, there were 4530 factories in Victoria last year. In 1903 they numbered 4151. The hands employed have increased by 17,674, which is equal to over 24 per cent., in four years-; the value of the machinery, plant, etc., by or about 17 per cent. ; wages paid by or nearly 31 per cent.

Mr. Michael Real, of Ipswich, a brother of Mr. Justice, Real, died on June 25. Mr. Real, who was in his 69th year, came^to Queensland with his parents in the early fifties, from Pallas, County of Limerick, Ireland. The deceased's father died on the voyage, and after arrival in Brisbane the sorrowing .family removed to Ipswich, where the deceased had resided ever since.

Speaking at a concert and distribution of prizes in connection with the St. Vincent de Paul Boys' Sports Association, held in the Catholic Hall, Melbourne, recently, the Very Rev. Dean Phelan, V.G., said that the training of boya as cadets would make them efficient as defenders of public and private property. The man who was known to be able to use his_hands effectively, having been trained in the useful art of self-defence (boxing), found that the burglar gave his house a wide berth.

On May 20 his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne and his Lordship the Bishop of Ballarat reached London by the India, having boarded that vessel at Gibraltar. Both prelates were in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits at the date of the Archbishop's letter to the Very Rev. Dean Phelan, V.G. The passage was ideal and the passengers most excellent company. After spending some time in Ireland, the prelates will proceed to Rome.

The programme for the proposed reception to the American Fleet by the Catholics of Sydney was finally adopted at a large meeting held in the Cardinal's Hall on June 30. In the afternoon a meeting of the ladies of the Archdiocese was held in the same hall,- at which the question of holding the entertainment at Manly or the Town Hall, Sydney, was brought forward. The consensus of opinion was that the natural beauties of St. Patrick's College grounds would materially add to the success of the reception. At the meeting of the gentlemen his- Eminence the Cardinal explained the difficulties which had arisen in regard to holding the function at Manly ; and it was unanimously decided that, as the Town Hall offered special facilities for the entertainment, it should be held there.

The enrolment of the Catholic Cadets has now been completed (writes the Melbourne correspondent of the ' Freeman's Journal '). The total strength is 1341. ' St. Augustine's Orphanage Band, Geelong, supplies 44 and the boys 118, and St. Vincent's Orphanage Band, South Melbourne, 45. The primary and secondary schools have come up to the expectations of the promoters of the movement. The Very Rev. Dean Phelan, V.G., has explained how the . Catholic Cadet movement has developed. Last year his Grace the Archbishop had the matter under consideration, and being very much in favor of the proposal, instituted inquiries with the object of ascertaining how the corps could be formed without increasing the _burden on the parents, who had not only to pay their share for State education/ but to support their own schools. Another difficulty was that the members of religious Orders who taught the boys could not act as officers or join in the drill exercises. The, first objection was to a great extent removed when the department agreed to pay 7s 6d per year to each cadet toward the cost of uniforms, and the second was met by the Superior of the Christian Brothers giving permission that lay teachers and ex-students could be appointed as officers and conduct the exercises,