Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 13 May 1915, Page 55

Intercolonial

f , ' His Excellency -Archbishop Cerretti returned to Sydney from Melbourne on Saturday, April 24, and brought back with him memories of a royal reception. •"' - A generous bequest from the estate of the late Norman Shelley, the well-known merchant, who died in Sydney on January 17, was £IOOO to St. Vincent's Hospital. Deceased's estate was sworn in at £191,570. r; The Eight Rev. Monsignor Frederick Byrne, V.G. (Adelaide), celebrated recently the 55th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. His health has been indifferent for some time, but latest reports state that his condition is improving slightly. Mr. Henry Verbrugger, a naturalised British subject of Belgian birth, has been appointed Director of the State Conservatorium of Music, Sydney. The new director is 42 years of age, and has spent 20 years following the profession of music in Great "Britain. ■ In all 191 applications had been received for the position. His Grace Archbishop O'Reily, of Adelaide, said to a newspaper representative the other day: —'l pay everyone as I go. My one ambition now is to save enough money to meet the expenses of my funeral and my tombstone when lam dead. The inscription on my tomb will be simply a request for prayers for my soul. Very Rev. Dean Bourkc, who has had charge for the last twelve or thirteen years of the parish of Townsville, has been appointed Vicar-General of Rockhampton, the dignity carrying with it the title of Monsignor. He was educated at St. Patrick's College, Manly. He recently returned from a trip to Ireland and the Continent of Europe. Appreciation of the abilities of the Very Rev. M. J. O'Reilly, formerly President of St. Stanislaus' College, Bathurst, and now in Ireland, has prompted the Fellows of St. John's College, with the sanction of the ecclesiastical authorities, to offer the vacant Rectorship of St. John's College to the distinguished Vincentian (says the Freeman's Journal). There died on April 23 the Rev. Mother Mary Ignatius Harnett, after an iilness lasting a year. Mother Mary Ignatius had been Prioress of the Benedictine Monastery, Subiaco, Rydalmerc, for twelve and a-half years, and* was greatly beloved. She was a daughter of the late Dr. Richard Harnett, and had reached the age of seventy-two years. The estate of the late Mr. T. Scarfe has been sworn not to exceed £.495,000 (says the Adelaide Southern Gross). The donations to Catholic charities are as follow:—St. Vincent de Paul's Orphanage, Goodwood, £400; Catholic Female Refuge, Fullarton, £400; St. Joseph's Orphanage, Largs Bay, £400: Father Healy's Boys' Shelter, £400; St. Ignatius' branch of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Queen street, Norwood, £4OO. Over 1500 people gathered in the grounds of the new Mater Misericordiae Public Hospital, North Sydney, on Sunday afternoon, April 25, to witness the opening ceremony by the State Governor. The fine institution, which cost nearly £14,000, is for the accommodation of 80 patients, and is a model hospital, splendidly built and equipped (says the Catholic Press). The smaller hospital, which the new building supplants, began in a humble way some nine years ago ; but as the district expanded it was found necessary to find more accommodation for the work of the Sisters of Mercy, so that they could receive and treat men in addition to women and children. Prior to the opening, £llOO had been collected for this object, and at the opening ceremony the sum of £325 was donated.