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New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 26, 5 July 1923, Page 35

> - VICTORIA. :; • As a result of the generous support accorded to the appeal made by the Lord Mayor, the Broadmeadows Foundling Hospital has benefited to the extent of over £17,000, •i which is far in excess of the most sanguine expectations •of the committee. The absence of facilities with which to carry on the work in comfort was a serious drawback to the Sisters of St. Joseph in the past, but, owing to the generosity of the public, they will now be enabled to make V provision for all requirements. >His Grace Archbishop Mannix presided in St. Patrick’s ) Cathedral, Melbourne, on Wednesday, the 13th ult., at the Requiem for the late Very Rev. Father James Moore, C.M., the grand old man of All Hallows. There was a large gathering of the alumni of that famous seat of ecclesiastical learning. His Grace the Archbishop (Most Rev. Dr. Mannix) administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to 60 adults in ; the private chapel of St. Patrick’s Cathedral the other Sunday evening. His Grace was assisted by the Very Rev. Father John Barry (Adm.) and the Rev. Father J. Lonergan. Among those confirmed were many converts whose entrance into the true fold was due to the “kindly light” first diffused through the medium of the Catholic Evidence lectures. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The Southern Cross (Adelaide) of recent date says: “Rev. Brother Purton, M.A., who has been principal of the C.B.C. College, Wakefield Street, for the past three years, has now become principal of the new Rostrevor College, and has been succeeded as principal at the Wakefield Street College by Rev. Brother Bowler, who has been principal at the Christian Brothers’ School, Dunedin, for some, years. As a result of the new arrangements made by the Father-General of the Passionists, Australia has been separated from the Anglo-ljibernian Province and now forms a separate province of its own. The first chapter of the new province is to be held in Sydney shortly, on the arrival of the Consultor-General. Father Alfred Cangney, now on his way from Rome. The Rector at Glen Osmond Monastery (Very Rev. Father -Bernard, C.P.) left Adelaide recently, en route to Sydney to attend the chapter. It is understood that Father Bernard will not return to Glen Osmond, and the Parkside parish will, like Rings wood, be handed over to the L Archbishop at the end of January next. The Glen Osmond monastery will in future bo used as a house of observance for ; missionaries and students. WEST AUSTRALIA. Seldom is it the privilege of a pressman to witness such unanimity as was exhibited in the Continental Gardens (says the Nor-west Echo), when a gathering of townspeople, fully representative, took place to bid farewell to a man (in every honorable sense of the word), whose highly esteemable qualities-have endeared him to all classes of the community—Very Rev. Father Creagh. The gathering was fittingly promoted by men who are not adherents of Father Creagh’s church. Col. Mansbridge, R.M., occupied the chair, and among those who spoke were : Bishop Trower, Anglican Bishop of the Nor’-West ; Mr. P. Percy, Chairman 'of the Broome Road Board; Mr. H. D. Norman, J.P.. President of the- Broome branch of the R.S.A.; Capt. A. C. Gregory, J.P., President of the Football and Athletic Clubs; Inspector Spedding Smith, representing the police; Mr. F. Gray, representing the Civil Service: and Dr Haynes, M.O.H. The Dampier Brass Band contributed five items, while songs, recitations, and musical items were given by a number of friends. Col. Mansbridge, in pro- - posing the health of the guest of the evening said, inter alia, that Father Creagh was admired by all. His charitable disposition, irrespective of creed, was remarkable. If •„ men in higher places were as tolerant of others’ opinions \ as Father Creagh was, it would be better for Australia. IHe (the Col.) was not a speaker, but a soldier, and as such < was a judge of men. Their guest was a man among men, whose loss to this portion of the State would be keenly felt. Right Rev. Bishop Trower said they Jived in har-