Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9, 4 March 1909, Page 355

Intercolonial

A cable message received from Home last week stated his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne was slowly recovering from a serious illness which he contracted in Dublin. Miss B. M. Bell, mistress of method in the Central Catholic Training College, Melbourne, will leave shortly for a trip to Ireland. At the recent competitive examination for the appointment of a junior clerk at the Town Hall, Sydney, Thomas Quinn, a pupil of the Patrician Brothers, Redforn, succeeded in winning the first place. Mr. John Carroll, formerly Sub-inspector of Police at Gundagai, who died on February 10 at Enmore, aged 85 years, was the officer in charge of the police at the capture of the ' Moonlight ' gang of bushrangers at Wantabadgery on November 17, 1879. In the convent schoolroom at Murwillumbah on February 5, the Yen. Archdeacon Dalton, who is leaving on a trip to Europe, was presented with three purses-contain-ing the sum of £310, of which his parishioners subscribed £150, the priests of the diocese £50, the ladies of his congregation £60, and the Tweed River Hibernian Society £50. Although the foundation stone of the new boys' school at St. Peter's, Surry Hills, was laid in August, 1906, and the building finished some months later (says the Catholic Press), it was not occupied until last week, when tho long-Avaited-for De la Salle Brothers arrived from Ireland to take charge of the establishment. As soon as they opened the doors nearly 200 boys were ready to take their places in the rows of desks in the splendidly appointed j class-rooms. The delay in commencing the school Avas owing to the difficulty in getting teachers. The Rev. Father P. L. Coonan, Forest Lodge, tho Rev. Father T. Phelan, Lewisham, and the Rev. Father M. Sherin, one of the assistants at St. Mary's Cathedral, have returned after a year's leave of absence, and resume their respective places. The Rev. Father James Whvue, who had temporary charge of Forest Lodge, the Rev. Father John Dunne, of Bulli, and the Rev. Father P. Holland, of Nowra, were to leave on a trip to Europe last week. From Warrnambool comes the interesting item that a remarkable old man passed away the other day at the local benevolent asylum. His name was Thomas Fitzgerald. He was born in County Kerry, Ireland, on January 11, 1798, and was therefore 111 years of age. Fitzgerald came to Victoria in 1855, in the sailing vessel Margaret Chisholm. He had been in the benevolent asylum five years, and retained possession of his mental faculties to the last. The benevolent asylum authorities some time ago wrote to Ireland for verification of the interesting old man's statements regarding the date of his birth, and were informed that the official records showed that there had been no exaggeration. His Grace the Archbishop of Hobart returned to Hobart after his European tour on February 12. His Grace (says the Freeman's Journal) was met on the wharf by a large number of persons representing the clergy and laity of Tasmania. Before his Grace landed he was met by the Governor's aide-de-camp, Captain Spence, who on behalf of his Excellency welcomed him back to the State. He was then driven to the Cathedral, and was there „ accorded a splendid reception. The school children of " the various districts greeted his Grace with several songs of welcome. The Cathedral was thronged with people, and as the Archbishop entered the choir sang the 'Te Deum.' Mass was celebrated by his Grace. At the conclusion of the Mass Monsignor Beechinor read an address of -welcome on behalf of the clergy, and Senator Mulcahy on. behalf of the laity welcomed his Grace back to Tasmania, and was followed by Mr. H. Shirley, who read and presented the address from the laity. His Eminence Cardinal Moran has made the following changes in the archdiocese: — Rev. Father M. Sherin resumes his place on St. Mary's Cathedral staff. The RevFather R. J. O'Regan goes from St. Mary's to Mosmanj Rev. -Father A. Mac Donald, from Mosman to Mossvale; Rev. Father John Sherin from Mossvale, to take charge of Nowra ; and Rev. Father J. H. Morris, from v St. Francis', Haymarket, to take charge of Bulli; the Rev. Father P. C. Cregan, who is superintending the erection of St. Columba's Seminary at Springwood, has been ' appointed in charge of the parish, and the Rev. Father James Sheridan, who has been administering Springwood up to the present, takes charge of Lithgow, during the absence of the Rev. Father Matthew Hogan, who is about to leave on a holiday abroad. -