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New Zealand Tablet, 23 March 1911, Page 545

His Eminence Cardinal Moran, after the consecration of the new Bishop of Perth, Right Rev. Dr. Chine, C.SS.R., is to journey some 300 miles to lay the foundation stone of the new Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier, Geraldton. The diocese was formed in 1898, and the R'ght Rev. Dr. W. B. Kelly, who still rules the See, was appointed Bishop. Religion and education is in a very flourishing state throughout the diocese. Mr. J. J. Savage, the successful -candidate this year, is the eighth Rhodes Scholar from Western Australia, and the third representative of the Christian Brothers’ College to gain the distinction. He was born at Broken Hill, New South Wales, and went to Western Australia in 1901. His father, Mr. J. Savage, had for some years previously been engaged in prospecting in the West, and was one of the pioneers of the Meekatharra district. The new Rhodes Scholar has been attending the Christian Brothers’ College for over eight years, and this was the third occasion that he was the candidate from that institution for the scholarship.