BISHOP GRIMES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6521, 26 June 1899, Page 4

BISHOP GRIMES.

HIS WEST -GOAST TDim.THEEBQMAJf CATHOLIC CATaEDRA.L ../ MOVEMENT. .: - The- Bight -Rev £>» • Grimes^, Roman Catholic Bishop of. Cliristchurch, ,. returned to -tow-it on Saturday -evaning, .After, an extended tour througn the "West Const por.-fcionSr-oL his - diooese. ■■■ His Lordahig-Jeft • Christeiuirch. on-April-lSi-with .the-Jaro^-fold object of! -visiting the various parishes and ' oi conducting a special mission for the puppose of • funds for. the-new- Gatholic ; OathedraL How siiceessfoil that tsur-waa, <md in what condition the. Bishog-iound. t!he West Coast -and- its.- people j.^majf-Jbia judged from- his remarks to a representative, df the "■Lyfctolton' Timeß,-";. who^-wasvUßr-Burning fconi an excursion into tSe^Malvern district lay- the evening train dm Satur- - day*.*'- . ' ■ i " Ohj'-'.yj^in' peppl^'lV-'exelaimed • fie-jjEe-. lpiey. when the ..reporteß-'antered ilus»-eac-EUaifiield, and intioducedl Uimscii'l. ■ "I" didstbink that -I was sgojiig . tot haw a duietKhalf'fioni*at last 1 .".. "Well, - iwidl^i sft downy and;feeU7rmeviwb.at you want?-t«iknbw.. A successful', trip,- do yojl say- ?. ••' jNxkw; w&» has-been tefling you; that) !''V:he quenkT, and with: suolr ai lbok of kindlyrhuniourr irai Bis ayes^ that 'Sfc was -'at onoevevident --tMti t&eBishop had- not been latiouring^int vaiir.. "Yes, I haft ' lovely .wea^f,'V~kVk*aftrV answering — tli&h questibfe;; \ "*Bisfiop% -yeath^r,"- iSe^cali, it irar>th& Wesfr^X&feit. I ; There is a little story about that that I willjtell you. Once before,: when TyisfteJ f;he coast, tlie weather was 'so fine t2aiJ the miners were Beginning .to 'grumble, a* Cfie Shortage 'off Wcrter. - At' 1 last'" they wwrefold {hat if '""tftißy wanted fain they/ wtniltf ljave- to send" their Bisnojjv<away. - I re>ihained for some-days aftei* that,- ami sttTT ij continued "dry and fine, butth'e very day: I left forilometirey sent'me-\vl;ele{»ninr to say that the- : rain had come-down in torrents. So^tßey call "the v contiriuEd' fineweather 'Bisnops^weather^-now. TBfsp i time- 1 haS only- one or two wefcAlaysnfimmj ! the whole'totir;-but the' nignxs^'wera very/ i cold:" ". .;. ■■••.-■ : • ■'■■ • '■"■ ! ■ : What parted£#he"O*asb.dirtlypu-v£rii? 1 i "The fine weather brought the' people; ' QBt to TaipojtteiiHeet mei'-and'tnhirfeTvtfiens myitrip begaff^u. Then I wenrfeWn-tta HToM-. tika and dc-wm to Ross. I'i did: noli gjs» further south; But they told me tfiat the country is' fiubly settled" and 1 ' prospEiousV j down as far as- Jackson's Bayt soiFirffier (JJoggan, who? accompanied 'iHe^vh'as gom?. down there ttow>. : Then I'was^afr JSW ; town, NeWrf^Cfreek, ' Ahfeterar; BrunsiHF%&n; and'Grejmouth,' andl r eonclaa'edj tna 'tour at Kumsrav, I visited- the iaiter.\teniipg districts f ,;too r staying a night: or- Wio '- .in each place-,,, and a week "or ; ten 'days in' tilie' larger centres. 'I . was receiWi hj'ell everywhere? ■ Yes", the'yeopier aWprois- . jperrous, but in. "some places--^ noticed? tlirot there had ■bear- an- exodus;- probablr tliiaujr* . !che mining claims- getting •-wor«e]d' oh« Tlfere is plerfty of gold to be^qbtaiiieuT. Bur t tlte v capital is not" always available:'; . . T aw .1 •tfraid that IBkTriTva' is "going-back;, lite mS V. ifi>^ towns further north drawig Botfiipog* iliilion and trade. I " . ; ; Are you satisfied; with the^ result? ; of y»w xr ixnav, myiioMV' } ■ ""I am>!i"iiiideEi<3b ',. The: (papple^ couJdl a ot . hnnre been more; generous-.! .0f U. at ate . r -,not tell y emffy ei what is the tutbll'amoi mt : of " contributidnsp because <som&: of: ! tile';- vee 'ltuins;>haveAyefe fin bonie,-.ini* I? vilD analafi" aii annonncehiapft re^JTdirig- that ; iUteij omi I • (fafre missfeSs; ia each of -.the centresi. and! • eVerywhei-e?r naet with the->greites# eirf chitsiasm: Itewas net- altOgefclieE- plfe^. fi >ri-F had to pasitcli- 'wne • LundrSd and.' ■ ftw> anty-f-imes, butithei.wmrk 'of coll^ctihg-. ttsi-s- i naJe •as eas;y asrpossflJle. No one r«fused7to>' give, and I he&cd'iurfr one single^ vrcird'fiioisii 'prieafe or laymaniagftiH6t<the' proposal! to< t.tri] d the " 1 cathedrakT Otter would' hSve- tliott*ht that j we were •going' I'o build" fti-tiieir xxay i tlids^r. BotJi Fcttner- Gfdggan andr rayseff pai d ear own expenses, and the people* rewgntsetf tiiat th&pribstewere-nTiddng-saQmEces in'tHe ! matter. &\xe -vromani'-. who- Hadi ihten ded^fo* buy a ne^v Bonnet, gavetße m«ney to Uer priest,- ant? her. -husband 7 f6llawed\ Jher-ex- ' ample.ijy- giving: up-the»9nit Tttihielj, he"-«h'a\? proposed" tio- buy-. Thdfe was? the jspiwfi- in whichi'my'mission --was -receiTCd. ; Atl'lvirmara -bfe prfest^ieKded Afie< E*?fc wtth £101?, 1 and two- working .miners'. aHao . gaye £109, ,' and tne fhiid thus started' rapidly increased. They*. Knew', toOi^that tbe-Ptope "limselfnad - made a- <&ri«ttion, the fifst-toa'Jfew Zealand ' diocese^, and that : nerved 1 tnem ; to !a, special " effort:. Even-thfc-schoePe&udren gav=e-tlieir '. mitt?.. There was a very- pretty incident! at :• : Kumarai, where the children presented' ineiwith"' a, bouquet with', a gtrfden;. cenire: .; The j" mission at Kumara was a splendid success inievery way j -and I t^U only, tell tibe-peeple , ijhere that Itvjis proud" «f them a^d'iEfthe '; \ Wesfc' Coast: Their-' reply -was that' they ! nfrpei. the people: of-.tlte easts coaab^woirid bf . \ fwe», more, generous.-"" ■ ■ ■ : IBut you are not yefe ready to- start: built l- ; ; ilgC, I supptfjs^? 1 - ... . : .-• i " : : "■ Not yefe? We must see how much: monj yy {We are likely-to have firsts The^idemin our' ?! ininds is "bo«-build"4&e cathedral.' during l t he ,-'» (jubilee ye»r-of the- province ; ; -it; be' ■* a .fittmgWmwinerr ef : coanmeropyatifeg it-i # :'Mve had?ftn'offet"fr6ni an arehiteqJLt in CLpn-^ v. i doii to supply: plaps,. bub, as lisaid|Tre>inus6 ; ['■-. i see 'lio-\\rrmuchi : mqney we aro .likeli- to ■ j have , r before Tie set to Avrbrk.";. . « ' ;•; [< Have-youan-i4€aas..to tli%^p_rsfta.ble stfj^ [' of -the ! - " "I think it w,ill ba a basjUca^ |Beauiifjii! ' as the- Gothic: style undoubtedly is, ■ U|jii' ' suibvb"^; as . it is for. a church,, Ijtbink yfis' must pjivi. it, an one side. { . Tibs bjasilicsy.if not so ligjjfc and g^fteiaJ, jis i^p solid suitable for^an c^untty tl.^;s ' liubl-it'tQi earthquakes. If is cheaper^.tao, and i«pr.e eaonomical in the »jatter of ngmn. And it is;:iijot necessar3^,ugl(y, foi" w^may have? a diignified, impsisjng front -rciibli a Hi^t ' Qti r steps, a portico; afld a dolocjude. i We- conl'd! have a daiqe,, tco, to i su^ssount thft>builn'Mag. There is>a beautiful i^treh, that of'Sij Paul, outside, tfce walls; o^Bome, that 1 Iteve in mjr raindi as an idaal,- I SQinetihws think tha^'miauatures aiSßii.jrener- ;=. ally- failures, but i* : isinf«4 always) se* There/ iis>-a fiite imitation ofiStt- Peter's pa a -small, isuale £a Canada, aod^w* might sjjcaßssfuKjc I copy some church" of. the Old i World :-m . (New Zealand. A? to- position, 3s has been uvgejj that we si^uldl procure a q^atrals&e, but I do not look witfi favour oajthat itfea. B-a?badoos Street, -w&ere the P?«r^Cathedrnl ► stands, has manyc recommendlt^ipns., ,It I is connected with- the very eaflrfest RfnaanI Catholic mavemen* in Christci(urch,..ahd | sentiment naust count for something iik.^uch a matter. Them, too, we have tlft^'lj»nc6r' .already, and' there are the necessary' schools: for boys wnd' girls and a habitable presbytery all close -by. The congregation fs there, too,, and! if we built in anbtSwrquarter of the town, we sliquld still" have to keep a church in, Barbad&es Street."---"I eanriots say; what my future: m&vements will be," said the Bishop; in answer to another- question. "I shall 1 lfcive to spend' som« time in catching \sp with the "wk of +he dioce^p.. which, has aocmmilated during- tie past few; months^, f feare yet to visit the parishes- of Canterbury in connection with the Cathedral fund, so that we will not ber^adv to maVp. an announcement us to the dote of building and so on for- some time to. come." On the: platform at Chrtstchurch, when "' t- I "'?'' 'f**™ "•^''riired,- Bi^Tiot) Grimes f\is v o . > ><>ived by .father T-o. Mpnant des Ohesn-ti.«.' ' Vicar-Geheral of the dfoeese. and', several: • reproscr>fatiye Catliolics. He^vas driv^" '" to the PrpsWtei'y, whpve ]i<» as forrrn^y' wpinoined back by ]\fr E. O'ConT>/yp f, n \n. / half of the tjpodlp of the narish.:'; T^ '- founds ci the Presbytery were lit.' up with ■ lanterns' for the occasion.