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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 27, 3 April 1891, Page 3

Wealthy California Hebrews n-\ve incorporate \ n s >ciety for the colonisation of li'mman Jews wiih a capital ol 1,000 000 lols , by which tho immigr.ui'H wil be enaV'ed to >ecare la nl and living upo i comfortable term?.

Dr. Re'], the father of th" 1 te'epion^, will devote las remaining days :ind the majjr poition of his great fortunf to the cause of mute education. What Dr. B H's fortune is he wouldn t siy, even if he kri"*, but when i\v> statement is male on good authmty that he has eet a-,ide 10 W) (JtMl do s, tor the usj of his wife, herself a duaf mute, his decision becomes somewhat ln'cr.stin ;.

It is thiriy v< ;\rs s ne • Appomattox, but the pen-ions steadily incr^-is \ In 1870, five year-* sift 1 the wir uid> <', we \ aid 2!) 000,000 (iols frr p< ns'oni-. This ye vwe p.iy I'AG 000 000 d jls , wt.M ac > ceded probability of fi deficit mn&mirfrdrn 10,(>U(M)M)duN. to 2:> OOO.'JWdols , mere. Jti 1573, five yi irs aft«-r <he p .ire w,s dcehiel, we had 238,411 p-si. neis-now wo have 000 000 with 1(500 000 chum* in the i\ «ioi ( fh":t> yc l " unacto 1 njna. \V.> h\%c paid ior peub ods. since the war close 1. 1,.">00 000 000 dols. — is much considering the chance in va ues, as tne war ac ually cost thu winning side. This enormous tax is paid by the. peop'e.

Mr. Bu'mer, who is the latest addition to the ranks < f English convcitd (ravß the Liverpool Catholic 'J'iiriM, .Janu .ry D) will be a>i acquisition to the I hurc'j on ace mnt ot lih ti. ashed schol uship and his strong re-isoning poweis. He has pub l-lnd cdi ions of some of the best known Latin classics ; ar.d he has aUo written translations of English poe.m% and, strange to say, some of Kuclkl'h propo-ition^, in Latin verse. Mr. I uliner was formerly 1 tellosv an 1 uitor, and ulsj one of the examiners of Durham (jmver-nv. His dogrc« ot Bachelor of Music he took at Trinity College. Dublin : and h>3 has- written ;i s-icrtfd cantata and othei musical works. Urlike the majority (if cieiical converts. Mr. Bulmer ne,vi r w<'s a H'trh Churchman, and never held tbe " B anch Church " or " < 'onnnnity " theoi). His lather, who belot.ged to the old-fashioned Protestant wheel, w is t.,r nuny y<.<tra rector ot Boldon, near fcjumlerlind. It was certainly no liking for " ornate services" which caused Mr. Bulmer to return to the faitn of his fathers. We believe that, like Cardinal Newman, he hardly ever attended a Catholic service until he was himself a Catholic