Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 20 August 1908, Page 35

Intercolonial

The sailors of the American fleet are to give a special concertUn "the Cardinal's Hall, Sydney, in aid of the Catholic Sea- - men's Mission. "" .- - ' • J Out of the New South Wales consolidated ■ revenue fund the ~ sum of ;£io,ooo has been ■ allotted to meet the expenses of the American fleet reception. - ' -- Cardinal Moran .has contributed .the biographical article, on - his uncle, Cardinal Cullen, to the American Catholic Encyclbpcedia. His Eminence "declined to accept any honorarium. It has been definitely arranged that the fine new church ac | Temora, the foundation-stone of ■ which was laid in March ' last year, will be solemnly blessed and opened by his Lordship Dr. Gallagher (Bishop of Goulburn) on Sunday, October 18. The Rev. Brother Hennessy,. Assistant to the . SuperiorGeneral of the Irish Christian Brothers, has arrived in Fremantle. He has come to make the visitation of all the houses of the Order in Australasia, and also to examine the schools. • The death of Sister Mary Ita Carroll occurred on Saturday. Ist inst., at St. Joseph's Convent, Perthville. "For the last twenty years the deceased had labored zealously in many of the houses of the St. Joseph nuns in various parts of the diocese of Bathurst. Mr. Justice O'Connor, df the High Court bench, on August 4 celebrated his fifty-seventh birthday- His Honor is a native of Sydney, and a graduate of the Sydney University. Prior to his elevation to the bench, in 1903, he had an active State and Federal politica! career. The Archbishop of Brisbane (Dr. Dunne) has been bequeathed j£2ooo under the will of the late Jacques Blumenthal, the distinguished composer. Why the head of the Church in Queensland was chosen is not quite clear ; in fact, the testator was not even aware that the prelate was an Archbishop, for the bequest was granted to ' the Roman Catholic Bishop of Brisbane, Queensland. ' In the Commonwealth Government Gazette of July 25 Master Edwin Bede Cameron, aged 14 years, is credited with the highest marks, and first place on the list of successful candidates,' in a - recent examination of the Federal Public Service, at which 82 candidates presented themselves. This pass entitles him to an appointment in the Federal Postal Department whence attains his 16th year, and to further promotion in the service without an examination. Master Cameron is a pupil of the Marist Brothers' School, Darlinghurst. Several changes and appointments (writes the Melbourne correspondent of the Freeman's Journal) have been made by the Superior-General of the Irish Province of the Jesuit Fathers under whose jurisdiction the Australian houses of the Order are plao-J The Very Rev. John Ryan, S.J., is succeeded in the office 'of - Provincial in Australia by the Very Rev. Thomas P. Brown, S.J. ; the Very Rev. P. Keating, S.J., has been transferred from Xavier College, Kew, to St. Mary's, North Sydney, and "his"' place as Rector of the college is taken by the Rev. J. O'DwyeS^'nev %*£' T t' SJ - alS ° gg ° eS tO St Mar >" s > vNorth Sydney; Father John Ryan will remain at St. Ignatius', Rich: mond, where he has resided for some months. The n ew ProWTW T S X Superi ° rr ° f the Irish Provi "cc before coming to Australia. The new Rector of Xavier College, Father O'Dwyer Coiti r r , S To y - earS the highGr forms at Clongowes Wood College, Ireland, Riverview (Sydney), and Xavier Collet Kew