HEROIC CARDINAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19204, 21 June 1924, Page 11

HEROIC CARDINAL.

'MERCIER’S' golden jubilee. KING ALBERT PRESENT. Thousands of persons from Brussels, Antwerp, and other parts of Belgium gathered in the little medieval town of Mahnos on May 13 to attend tho celebration of toe golden jubilee of Cardinal Mcrcior. Primate of Belgium. , , ~ A great concourse at an caitty hour tine morning surrounded tho cardinal’s palace, and tho Archbishopric Cathedral ol St. Bombnut. Tho cortege of bishops and priests proceeded from the cardinal’s palace to the cathedral, where the cardinal donned the sacerdotal habits before tho alter and then proceeded to tho ipain entrance to welcome King Albert and Queen Mario, the entire Royal Family having wished to honour the prelate by attending tho ceremony in a body. The King joined with the congregation, in the To Deum.

transmission was perfect, and Mr O’Neill has received cablegrams to that effect from Sydney amateurs, and also from an enthusiast who is about 130 miles inland from Sydney. An interesting feature of the concert was the foot that Miss Marie Nynam, of the George Wallace Rc.vuo Company, sang specially for the benefit of her mother in Sydney, and, as the concert was such a .success, there is every reason to believe that Mrs Nyman heard and enjoyed her daughter’s item. Last Wednesday evening’s concert was also a great success, and a deluge of congratulatory telegrams and letters followed from amateurs all over the dominion, Tile usual transmission will take place tonight. and to-morrow night Mr O’Neill will broadcast a sermon by the Rev. Knowles Kcmpton and sacred items will ba given by the Hanover Street Baptist Church choir. On Sunday next the Rev. Mr Walker, of the Central Mission, will preach a sermon, and his choir will render sacred items. These concocts will commence at 3.15 p.m.