Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 27 August 1908, Page 35

Intercolonial

The Redemptorist Fathers have received a cablegram announcing the death of the Rev. Father Marron, a member of their congregation, which took place at the Monastery," Limerick, at the early age of 33. _ ; - A memorial pulpit to the late Rev. T. Cahill, S.J., has be™ unveiled, in St. Ignatius' Church, Richmond. The rev. gentleman had attained his 81 st year, for 33 of which he labored in the Order- of which he was -a distinguished .member. The death of Mrs. Margaret Ryan, mother of .Mr. J. Tighi Ryan (editor of the Catholic Press), and of Sister Mary Aquinas, of St. Joseph's Convent, Rozetle, took place at her residence, Richmond Villa, Homebush road, Strathfield, on August 10, j.t the age of 70 years. Mr. Andrew Orr, who died at Ballarat recently at 87, was one of the oldest journalists in Australia. Born at Coleraine, Ireland, he corresponded for The Nation when it was edited i y Charles Gavan Duffy. He arrived in Ballarat in 1857,. and worked as a digger for some years. Then he entered journalism, and published a book of his verse. At a recent meeting of the executive committee of St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, dissatisfaction was expressed at the amount (£2s) granted to the institution by the City Council when allocating the charitable vote. If the Melbourne Hospital receives the St. Vincent's Hospital, it was contended, should receive about one-third of this amount. It was pointed out that during the past year 1770 in-patients and 12,500 outpatients received treatment. The meeting decided to make application to the City Council for an increased grant. Right Rev. Mgr. O'Haran states that Cardinal Moran has been invited by the Archbishop of Westminster to attend the Eucharistic Congress, which is to be held in Westminster from September 13 to 19. His Eminence would have been pleased to have been able to accede to that request, but his home duties in Australia have rendered a visit to Europe impossible this year. Very probably Sydney will be represented at the congress by Archbishop Kelly, Coadjutator of Sydney, who is in Europe at the present time. The Very Rev Father E. Bcrtreux, S.M., Prefect-Apostolic of ihe Solomon Islands, lias returned to Sydney from France. The Very Rev. Father Bertreux has labored for over thirty years in missionary work in Ihe islands, and for a considerable time he has suffered very much from cataract of the eyes. He visited Nantes and underwent five operations at the hands of an eminent specialist, with the result that his sight is now thoroughly recovered. It might be mentioned that the operations were conducted without anaesthetic. Speaking at the opening of a new presbytery at Botany a few Sundays ago, his Eminence Cardinal Moran touched upon the visit of the American fleet to Australia and the absolute necessity of Australia profiting by the lessons the visit furnished. He said that that day the American fleet had touched on the shores of Australasia, and their thoughts would go back to the great American Republic beyond the Pacific, and they would ask what were the practical lessons of the visit of the American fleet to their shores. When the American nation declared iv independence in the year 1776 all the home countries declared that it was a mushroom State; that was the word" used in the newspapers of England, but now, after a century and a quarter, the United States had grown into a first-rate Power — one of the greatest Powers of the world, not only controlling the American continent, but its influence had spread to the old world, and had marked an interest in political matters which divided the great States of Europe* and Asia. Of themselves in Australia it had been said that it augured well for their security when .1 great fleet had come across the Pacific as friends and brothers and ready to defend the interests of Australia if such defence were needed. It was a great matter to be able to refer to those friends beyond the Pacific, but they must bear in mind that if enemies were to assail Australia those enemies were much nearer .than the- fleet beyond the Pacific, and they could inflict a terrible blow before the" fleet beyond the 'Pacific "would be within reach. The one groat practical lesson given by the visit of the American lloet was the necessity of having an Australian fleet, because a fleet of their own could alone protect and guard || <eir shores. It .would' be -well to boar that in mind. '