DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 10 November 1921, Page 23

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

(From our own correspondent.) November 4. Great regret is expressed for the continued serious illness of Hon. P. J. Nerheny, by the parishioners of St. Patrick's parish and the residents of the city- generally. He has ever been a friend to the poor, irrespective of creed, and all sincerely hope that he will soon be restored to health.

Father Bradley, writing from Panama, states that the voyage has been a pleasant one, for the weather has been good, and that Bishop Cleary and he are both well. or a, few days Rev. Father Buckley returned from tlie Mater Hospital to St. Patrick’s. He is very well after his serious operation, but has,' by the doctor’s orders, gone to Rotorua and Taupo to recruit. An old and much respected parishioner of St. Patrick’s, in the person of Air. E. O’Hare, died lately after a long and painful illness, which he bore with great resignation and piety. —R.l.P. ’’’ Some 300 delegates from the different committees of the Irish Self-Determination League in the Auckland province met in St. Benedict’s Hall on Sunday, the 30th ult the principal business being to deal with the envoy’s funds! J- 81ie ahan presided, and on the platform were Mr. W. J. Jennings, M.P. (who was welcomed home after his tour abroad), and Air. A. Hall Skelton, one of the delegates to the Pan-Irish Conference to be held in Paris in January. On rising to renly to his welcome, Mr Jennings received an ovation. He spoke of his travels in Ireland and the devastation he had seen. It had been most gratifying to find Protestants and Catholics alike evidencing a strong desire for a united Ireland under one Government He contradicted the statement of a recent visitor from Co. Fermanagh that the Protestants of Ulster were strongly opposed to a united Government. Many Protestants to whom he spoke deplored the division of Ireland and a deputation of Protestants had waited upon Air do Valera informing him that they had no desire for Ulster to he separate from the rest of, Ireland. He said he believed that Mr. Lloyd George, within the next few days would denounce the nltra-Unionist party, and that a definite basis of settlement was near at band. To his surprise he had found no sign of ill-feeling . between Protestants and Catholics. Mr. Jennings referred to the satisfact.™ he felt at Mr. Hall Skelton having been choin a New Zealand delegate. Physically and mentally he was a good specimen of New Zealand manhood, and would represent 'the Dominion both on the platform and at the Conference with the greatest credit.'