Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 25 February 1915, Page 47

Intercolonial

In the course of an interview, his Grace Archbishop O’Reily, of Adelaide, said that he believed the war will end in favor of the Allies between October and December nextHis Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne h*is cabled a fourth instalment of £SOO to his Eminence Cardinal Logue, who will send it to his Eminence Cardinal Mercier, Primate of Belgium, to help the sorely-tried nuns. This makes a total of £2OOO sent by Archbishop Carr. It is officially stated that the Rev. Father Cullen, rector of Castleknock, Dublin, who has been announced as the successor of the Very Rev. M. J. O’Reilly, will only fill the latter’s vacated post in the religious sphere as head of the Vincentian Fathers in Australasia. The name of the new President at St Stanislaus’ College has not yet been made public. The first of the Lenten Pastorals from t he Victorian Hierarchy is that from his Lordship the Bishop of Sandhurst, the Right Rev. Dr. Reville, 0.5. A., who deals chiefly with the Blessed Eucharist. Bishop Reville, in referring to the Belgian nuns’ fund, says: ‘ His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne has made an appeal in aid of the Belgian nuns, who, in consequence of the war, have been reduced to dire straits, deprived even of the necessaries of life. To this appeal a generous response has been made in Melbourne and Ballarat. 1 will ask the priests of this diocese to encourage, after Easter, their people to contribute to this deserving fund. The priests themselves will, 1 am sure, give an example of generosity to their flocks.’ The Bishop of Sandhurst, the Right Rev. Dr. Reville, 0.5. A., has been felicitated by his priests and people on the completion of the 30th anniversary of his appointment, in Rome, as Coadjutor- his episcopacy dating from January 27, 1885. Ilia Lordship was consecrated three months later, on Palm Sunday, in St. Kilian’s, by the late Archbishop Goold, 0.5. A., the first Bishop of Melbourne. The many churches, presbyteries, and schools throughout lie diocese of Sandhurst bear testimony to his Lordship’s untiring zeal during his long episcopate, and merit the grateful acknowledgment of his priests and people. In October, 1901, the first Bishop of Sandhurst, the Right Rev. Dr. Crane, 0.5. A., passed to his reward, and Dr. Reville succeeded him. Bishop Reville is most active in visiting every part of his extensive diocese A few Sundays ago his Lordship blessed and opened a fine now school at Chiltern, one of the larger towns on the MelbourneSydney line. The Presentation Nuns are in charge of the school, which cost £llOO. The offertory totalled £SOO. By the death of Mr. James Maguire the State loses one of its most interesting pioneers, and an important link in the chain that binds the Western Australia of to-day with the far-off past (says the 1b.. 1. Record). Mr. Maguire succumbed to congestion of the lungs. and an attack of heart disease on January 13. Up to a day or two previous to his death, the deceased was able to busily interest himself in the farm work, and being of a naturally energetic disposition, it took a serious attack to compel him to retire from a habit of industry which he had acquired in the long spell of almost threequarters of a century. Mr. Maguire arrived in Western Australia with his parents and four brothers and foursisters in December, 1842. He was then eight years old. The family engaged in farming in the Dardanup district, where Mr. Maguire resided until his death. Perhaps the most interesting item in the history of his life was the part he played in helping the great Irish poet and journalist, Mr. John Boyle O’Reilly, to escape from Western Australia. Were it not for Iris strategic participation in the escape of the distinguished writer, and editor of the Boston Pilot , the name of one of America’s leading journalists might never have been heard of outside the rough bush of Western Australia.