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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 14, 2 January 1891, Page 17

A slpi'LßMLntaby ba/aar iv connection with that held last year for the purpose of discharging the debt on the Dominican Convent at Oamaru was opened on Wednesday. The bazaar in question was to have been held on St. Patrick's Day, but the lamented death of the late Monsignor Col' man necessitated its postponement. It ia hoped that the results of the sale now being held will suffice to discbarge the balance of debt still remaining, and, in that case, the misEion at Oamaru will be completely out of the hands of the creditor — a matter that must reflect most honourably on the memory of ita la<-e pastor.

It is intended to commemorate the opeuing of the new schools of the Dominican nuns in Dunedin by holding a bazaar and art-union at tbe beginning of October. Tbe undertaking is necessary to aid n clearing the new buildings cf debt. The cost of their erection, as may easily be gathered by all who see them, was large, and must remain a burden on the community for some time. Tha Dominican nuns, however, have well merited the aid they seek in their effort to free themselves from their liabilities, and we have no doubt that it will be willingly accorded them. Borne handsome prizes have already been provided for the art-union, which it is intended to make a particularly choice one.

On Sunday the 11th inst., a Dominican convent will be opened at Milton by the Most Rev. Dr. Moran. The Rev. Mother Prioress and some other members of the Order will leave Dunedin on tbe 9th inst., to make the nev» foundation.

In reply to a letter of condolence on the death of the late Cardinal Newman, aidressed to tbe Fathers of the Oratory by tbe Danedin Catholic L'»erary Society, the Rev. Treeideut bae received tbe follow*

ing:— The Oratory, Birmingham, October 23, 1890. — Rev. Dear Father,— Oar Fathers here have desired aie to ask your Reverence to be to good as to thank the members of the Dunelin Catholic Literary Association for their kind and sympathetic address of condolence on *he great loss they have sustained by the death of their venerated Superior, his Eminence Cardinal Newman. We beg also to thank yon for your cordial sympathy with our grief on the occasion— a grief felt so much the more by us on account of our having been privileged to live so many years under the same roof with him, and to eojoy his familar intercourse. We all loved and revered him as our Superior, and we hope that, treading in his footsteps as well as we may be able. through your prayers and those of the Association, we may one day be all nnited in the possession of that happiness which we trust he already enjoys in heaven. — Believe me, in the name of my cenfreres, yours most truly in Christ, Hbnbt Austin Mills, Dean of the Congregation.

It is announced that the Rev. Father Paul has been appointed to •acceed the late Very Rev. Father Mahoney as Vicar-General of the diocese of Auckland. Father Paul is an ecclesiastic whose repute is very well known throughout the colony. Father Paul has served a* a priest in New Zealand for thirty-five years, thirty-three of which have been spent by him as parish priest of Onehunga, and the length of his priestly career has been equalled Dy its success and merit. His very special distinction has been won as a pioneer and a constant champion of Catholic education, for which he has made many sacrifices. The appointment now conferred upon him will cause general satisfaction, and will be regarded everywhere as an honour wisely bsstowed and well deserved.

Thbbe is a nice piece of information. Our worthy, literary , and, if not lovely.at least accomplished.fellow townsman, Mr. R. N. Adams, has bctn speaking in the capacity of an Orange G. M., whatever that may mean, at Timaru. And says Mr. Adams says he. •' The Orange institution was political to the backbone, and they interested themselves in all the institutions of the country, from the fireside to the Houses of Parliament." Now we put it to all who have any knowledge of Mr. Adams, even il it be only by sight, whether they would regard him as a pleasant sort of a person to have prying about their " firesides." We are inclined, for our own part, to begin au agitation against the dog-tax, as opposed to legitimate mtasures for keeping a man's premises free from objectionable characters. Why, we would not on any account have Mr. R. N. Adams, whether as an Orange G.M., or anything else, smelling about among our pots and saucepans. By the way, as we have suggested before, might not a crop of good jaicy thistles cultivated, say in the back garden, keep Air. Adams from a nearer approach I

Hebe is a piece of good news for the dear missionaries. It has been lately received at Sydney by a steamer from the islands : — Two new Roman Catholic mission stations are about being established on thewestsido of Malhcolo. These, when settled, will make the ninth Catholic station in the group. The Manst Brothers (Fathers ?) hare been very active of late in exploiting both Santo and Mallicolo. 1 ' Why, if the dear missionaries aud their friends do not bestir themselves, the Pope will have the whole New Hebrides. Cannot aa expedition be organised to dri\e out the French ? According to the boasting we have heard nothing should prove more easy.

Sib John PorE Hennesst has been returned for North KilkeDny, beating Mr. Vincent Scully, brought forward by Mr. Parnell, by a majority of 1,146. In round numbers there are about 6,000 electors in the constituency, the voting, therefore, was a 9 follows : — Pope Hennessy, 3,573; Scully, 2,427. We are not quite sura as to the identity of Mr. Tincent Scully. la he the gentleman of the name who was a good many years ago a scourge of Tipperary, and exceeded in brutality as an evictor, and who subsequently accjpired large estates in America— there also showing his qualities as a landlord ? We fancy this gentleman would be rather too far advanced iv age fo r the contest in question. Sir John Pope Hennessy everyone knows. Both as a barrister and a Member of the House of Commons he gained distinction, afterwards as a colonial Governor proving successful, and fulfilling his duties with marked ability. The last position of the kind occupied by him was the governorship of Mauritius, where his popularity was great, as shown especially by the indignation expressed at certain false charges made against him, and the discreditable manner in which Sir Hercules Robinson aB a special commissioner acted towards him. Sir John has also gained distinction as a writer, one of his principal works being a life of Sir Walter Baleigh.

In reference to several letters received by us relative to the prize list of au art-union lately held m Cork, we beg to say that we were in do degree accountable for anything published on the tickets. We bad no knowledge of the art-uniun until some of the letters iv ques-

tion were received by us. The prize list allnded to was, however, published in our issue of December 19-tbat is in the issue of our paper next after we bad received the list with an order fer its insertion. Further than this we had nothing to do with the matter.

St. Mabt's School, Howick, under the successful management of Miss Mulkere (says the Auckland Weening Star of December 19), was examined on Wednesday by Father Walter, a number of the pupil's friends being also present. The answering was satisfactory, and the teacher deserves much ciedit for the success of the day's proceedings. The copy-books shown were highly spoken of by those present, and they were particularly pleased with the singing of the children. A happy feature in connection with the afternoon's work was the presentation by the scholars of a very pretty writing desk to the teacher as a small token of their esteem and lasting gratitude. There were 29 pupils present, four being unavoidably absent. After the usual regaling with cakes and strawberries, the duties of the school concluded for the present year. It is needless to say that ckeer after cheer was heartily given for Monsigaor McDonald and the teacher .

Wk have received the following card. We heartily reciprocate the good wishes so gracefully expressed :— "Kindly greeting and all good wishes for the coming year from the Evening News staff. Napier, New Zealand. Christmas, 1890."

Special praise is doe to the Rev. Fathers Lynch and Golden, and Messrs. J. O'Connor. J'O'Neill, D. O'Driscoll, M. Fenton, J. Perkins, D. Mahoney, W. Carr, B. Carroll, M. Connellan, H. Mulloy, S. Whitty. J. Hally, E. Kirk, T. Curtain, J. Fitzpatrick, T. Sheridan, and 8. Simmonds for the able manner in which they worked for the success of the Hibernian Society's Pic-nic and Sports at Sawyer's Bay on Boxing Day. The suite of furniture will be given aw»y next week at a meeting of ticket-holders to be called.

The annual dinner of the New Zealand Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association was held at the Grand Hotel, Dunedin, on Monday evening, and went off, as on previous occasions, with eclat. Mr. Robert Wilson, retiring President, filled the chair, and among those present were his Worship the Mayor, Sir Robert Stout Mr. J. B. Callan, Mr. T. £. Harty, Mr. John Ross, and Mr. J. Mcßae Galloway. Several excellent speeches were made in proposing toasts or returning thanks, and the evening was spent in a very agreeable manner. A feature connected with the matter that must prove agreeable to us all is the hopeful manner in which several of the speakers, gentlemen whose opinion must necessarily carry weight with it, expressed themselves as to the position and prospects of the colony.

Another m »rk of Catholicism, is it 1 " A new phase of the ritualistic controversy at St. John's Roslyn, (says the Daily Times) cropped up on Christmas Dhy. When the churchwardens opened the chest that contained the candlesticks which were to be used on the communion table for the early celebration, they found that these had been abstracted and a large stone put in their place. It is understood that the matter will come up again shortly." But was it a miracle worked in support of the Evangelical party? We hope, as our contemporary promises, that the matter will actually come up again shortly— for it is on many points exceedingly interesting— »nd we anxiously await elucidations. Above all, we are breathless in our expectation as to what Bishop Nevill has to say about it, and especially as to his Lordship's methods of giving it a Catholic significance. Still, ac we already perceive, it is quite as clear a mark of Catholicism as many of those from time to time cited by the Bishop.

At the Garrison Hall, Dtmedin, on Monday evening, the Dunedin Irish Rifles presented a beautiful breakfast set to Captain Fairbairn, on the occasion of hia marriage. Lieutenant Murray made the presentation, and alluded to the many happy hours the company had spent with their captain, and assured him of the hearty goodwill of every member of the corps. On their behalf he wished him and his future bride a long and happy life together. Lieutenant Dunne, in a few words, spoke of the good feeling which had always existed between the corpß and Captain Fairbairn, and joined with Lieutenant Murray in wishing their captain every happiness in his married life. Captain Fairbairn, in reply, thanked the officers and men, on behalf of himself and his future wife, for their kind present, and said that in the time to come it- would act as a happy reminder of the many pleasant hours which he had spent with the corps, and in conclusion wished them a very Happy New Year. The plate was very handsomely engraved by Messrs. Kemnitz ajd Nicholeon, and bore the following inscription :—' Presented to Captain,, Fairbairn by the Dunedin Irish Rifles on the occasion of his marriage. December 30tb, 1890. '

An attempt on the life of the Bishop of Killaloe has been reported and contradicted by the cable. The " rev. gentlemaD,"

it was reported, had escaped with very slight injuries from several shots fired into his house. We do not know to what the report owes its origin— whether to the fertile and well exercised imagination of the cable-agency or to something else. In its contradiction, however we not only see another illustration of the cable agency's methods' but proof positive that, for example, there were no Orange GM'i prowling about the Bishop's fireside and poking their noses into his porridge-pot. If there were you might expect anything. Let us charter that watch-dog.

Two instantaneous photographs of the shadowing in Tipperary of the Rev. Father Humphreys, taken by Mr. P. O'Brien, M P and forwarded to us by Mr. Edmund Harvey of Waterford, are now on Tiew in the window of Mr. B. A. Danne, Princes street, Dunedin The pictures give a very realistic notion of how coercion is carried on in Ireland, and ehould go far towards arousing popular sentiment in its condemnation,

A handsome photographic album was presented on Christmas Day to Misb Henry, who has f or «ever»l years conducted the children"a choir at St. Patrick's Church, South Dunedin. The presentation made by Misß Meade, was in testimony of the gratitude felt by the choir for the valuable services rendered them by the young lady in question.