People We Hear About

New Zealand Tablet, 31 December 1908, Page 28

People We Hear About

The Most Rev: Dr. Delariy, Archbishop of Hobart, will enter on .his k! h^fty-sixth^yefir-on ■'. tho firsts iof-nex^:ni©nth. He was"; educated 'iri .ilrelaiid ';ari v d''■''France^"' i a^d":'''eame■■ out to the colonies twenty-three, years ago. „. -; 4 : - „ The; engagement is announced of Mr. George Gavan Duffy, son of the late Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, and Miss Mamie Sullivan, third daughter of tlie^late Mr.;;A.VM. Sullivan. It is of interest to note that when Mr. Gavan '. Duffy, as he then was,, .relinquished, the> proprietorship of the Nation, and : left for Australia, '"describing the condition of Ireland as somewhat^ similar;; to ;thaty;bi':; a corpse, on a dissecting "table, Mr. AY' 'MY Sullivan purchased his mii terest in the ; .pape^,- and witto^ie^assistanceioirhis brother carried it ori for over a quarter' of a century, doing invaluable work for faith ..and fatherland. ■■■"'.■ Y^ —; Y:■■--It'""is""stated "(says the Catholic Weekly) that Father Bernard Vaughan is the only man, in recent times, who has been able to - persuade Madame Patti (Baroness die Cederstrom) tojtame^^ - y-Nos ; Gastle, "arid -return' to ihe" platf drmV ' afthougn' mariy notable attempts have been made. When first approached with the request that she would lend the; attraction of her : beautiful voice. to the cause of -the J r *harity which -Father _yauglian had; at heart, at- the-AlbeH Hall concert, the diva is said to have instantly exclaimed, and with much vivacity, . ' I will always sing '■fbr-'hint:' : ' >^ .: .: ;■ * - * The Most Rev YD r. Walsh, -Archbishop of Dublhv, who , has- been : elected Chancellor of the National University , _ Dublin, was born in that city in 1841, and was 'educated ; at St. Laurence o ? Tpole's: Seminary and at MaynObth College. " After his ordination he was ;fbf sprne time professor • in that_ famous college, and iri 1880 ' succeeded Dr. /Russell as president. In. 188.5 he.-was" appointed Vicar-Capitular of the diocese of Dublin, aiid in that year 'was 'consecrated, as; successor to Cardinal YMcCabeY/Hisi/ Grace has a very active part iri the public life of Ireland,: nasi sat on many G-overriment Boards arid Comriiissions, "especially those dealing with education. He was cprisulted -in the .framing of the Land Acts— Especially .those of- 1881.-82; and has -been tlie life-long friend of the National movement, -from.- which his predecessors, Cardinals McGabe and Culleri, held aloof.' .\ As, a. writer pf wide rangeY he has contributed largely effectively to questions affecting his Catholic couritrynien. He was a pioneer in . arousing the public conscience to- the shortcomings of Irish University education — a questipn ibn - which his views. were first given to the public in book 'form' eighteen years ago. '' ''."" ' "' ; ""'.;' Despite his forty-seven years, which he carries ; lightly, and a slight addition in weight (says "'"the Catholic Weekly), Sir Timothy O'Brien," whose name has been, for some time prominent in the Irish YLaw^Cburts, is -as handsome and as cheery as .fwhen he married the sister of Sir Humphrey de Trafford twenty-three years ago. , They have got eight children, mostly girls.. Sir,, Timothy s.ucceeded^his; uncle,; and-: be'fbxe -hi^.|marfiage ':^vas^^an'ythiMJgt;.hsii'^-m(||..^ His career t&s a? cricketer? began by /colossal scpringl fprl^he^ Kensington Park Club. It is now completely forgotton that he Avas first tried for Middlesex as a -wicket-keeper. As a last resource YtbV qhtairrY- adriupsibri-Yiivtqf first-lass cricket, he went up '-to New Inn Half at Oxford, i arid then, after some big scoring, was given .his/b lue., ;. .Great things were jjhis^battirig^fpr : Oxfbrd4agairis/t Cambridge, and itYis -one of "the 'sensations of cricket tliat iri his first' . University match he failed, to score in eithei^innings: -Subsequently his fame was deserved. „He is the' only baroriet and "the only Irishman who has played -in; Test matches, but his greatest, feat /was a marvellous for- Middlesex against Yorkshire., /After he' gave .up cricket, 'Tim,' as he was known to everybody, went .to live in Courity Cork, where, he hunted hard and was the life arid soul ' .of the county club. ; Few* men are 3 so "engaging or sucli' excellent _ company. Considering his -natural impetuosity, it is -* curious that he was one of the -finest and -most judicious. of '-] captains. He is also; a good judge of ; ' ; a ; 'li'ofse,Y T aridY'iias... V taught.his children to ride, uncommonly; well. ' : r : :: ; /'* '