Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 11 January 1912, Page 15

Intercolonial

, ■.. At the recent Public Service examination Master J. J. Fennessey, a pupil of the Christian Brothers' College/ East .Melbourne, secured first "place in all Australia. ,' , Master Fennessey's marks-exceeded by nearly 200 those A of the second boy on the list. ■ ■'•■■"■ His Lordship Bishop Chine, who had not been, in the best of health for some time, went for a sea voyage to Ceylon about the end of November, and returned to Perth a few days before Christmas. His Lordship benefited very much from-;his trip? ■■■ : '' ~~ ■• : '■ ■■' T On his return to Penrith from his i holiday in New Zealand, Rev. . Father Thomas Barlow, P.P., was,, on behalf of the parishioners.: presented with an address of welcome by the church' committee. speeches,appreciative of Father .Barlow, were delivered. -, ",->• The Right Rev. Dr.' Higgins, Bishop of r Ballarat, ' ' has received information from England that the Pro- * - vincial of the Redemptorist Order, Very Rev. Father Griffiths, has left London for Australia for the purpose, of visiting the various monasteries of the Order in Vic-, toria and' other States. His stay in Australia will extend over six months, ,and he will subsequently visit the New ■; Zealand monasteriesj as well as those in the Philippine Islands. Father Griffiths is being accompanied by four members of his Order, who will be per- •" manently attached * to. the monasteries at Ballarat- and : ~ :; Waratah. - , ' _ x / : . '■']'■ ■.■ s r// '%:'.\ ':M \'• The Home Rule envoys, Messrs. ..; Donovan, v Redmond, M.P., 'and'Hazleton, who are -'at;; present enjoying a holiday at Orange (says the Freeman's; Journal), will not open their Home Rule augmentation campaign' in New South Wales till the latter end: of February, and possibly not till the early days of March.■ After their rest at. Orange the /envoys will go; back to - -Victoria and'complete their; work in that State. Their , . next ;move' 7 will be to West Australia, and they, will ; spend part of January and part of February in% the 5 Cinderella State.' r/- The New South Wales work Twill then be opened. It will be in full;swing by March 17, . and doubtless the ; Home Rule candidates are counting on the high-tide of Irish enthusiasm which usually,:;

marks the middle of the month of ; . March to have an influence for , good, in a substantial way, on their campaign. . ■■•■ ■■■..--:■■■'•■■ In the death of Mother Mary Regis Dowley, at St.; Mary's 1 Dominican Convent, West Maitland, on December 20, the Dominican Order in New South Wales loses its doyen and one of its pioneers. Bora at Carrick-on-Suir, Waterford, in 1832, she joined the Dominican novitiate in 1854, and on December 10, 1867, arrived 'in; Maitland, one of a band of eight -nuns who came at the invitation of the. late Bishop Murray to found a convent in West Maitland. Of that band (says y the Freeman's Journal) there is one survivor, Sister 'h Mary Bernard/, The deceased was Prioress at West Maitland for some time, and had charge of the primary .school for sixteen years, while for 28 years she resided at Tamworth, where a church was built to commemorate her golden jubilee in religion. The venerable Dominican spent the last year of her life in the mother-house; of the Order, ; where as a young and zealous nun she had. 44 years previously entered with her Sisters on the glorious; work of Catholic education.