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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 8, 9 December 1892, Page 17

The Most Bey Dr Moran left Dunedin on Saturday for Oamaru en route for Mount Cook. The Bishop was joined at Timaru on Monday by the Bey Father Lynch, who accompanies him. His Lordship and Father Lynch will be absent from Dunedin for some two or three weeks.

We are glad to learn that subscriptions are coming in freely for the projected church at Hyde. Tbe handsome sums of £50, £30, £20, £15, and £10 have been given, and in some instances where iuch generous contributions were hardly exptcted. But, doubtless, where so pressing a need exists, and the merit of fulfilling it ii bo great, everyone will try to do more tban his best. When there is a snfficiant sum in hand Father Donnelly will at once begin the work. There fore the old saying, " He who gives quickly gives twice," may now be most aptly quoted, and from the high character given by their pastor of their seal, we may expect that the Catholics of Hyde will show a good example. The plan of tbe church, we may add, it a very fine one, suggested by Father Donnelly himself. Mr F. W. Petre is the architect. We may expect that ere long the Catholics of Hyde will possess a church which will be one of the nicest and most devotional to be found in New Zealand. We need not speak of the blessing! they will draw down on themselves and their families by accomplishing this task to tbe honour and glory of God.

"No one there is (writes Bishop Gabriels of Ogdensbury) who does not read secular newspapers, daily or weekly, and we all know how, even in tbe fairest of these channels of information, the Catholic religion is often misrepresented, and how facts are reported, which, founded as they are On hostile telegrams, or on the fertile inventions of journalistic correspondents, give rise to scandal and throw discredit on the Church in her practices or on her members. Tbe Catholic paper will correct bungled statements and contradict evil-working stories ; it will ba a truthful mrrator of noteworthy events, and thus, while Informing and interesting its readers, it will exhibit the Church of Christ, as she ia in her doctrines, in her apoatolate, in her institutions."

It is satisfactory (says the Sydney Freeman's Journal, alluding to the recent Junior Public University Examinations) to see that both as regards the number of candidates and the number of the passes the respective totals are greater than in any previous year. Upwards of 2 000 candidates of both sexes, from public, private and religious Bcbools, presented themselves this year, out of which the creditable number of 1456 is registered as representing the successful. The Catholic representation in tbe list of succnssful candidates is larger tban in any previous year, and our convent schools in particnlar show out to great advaata»o. S: Vincent's (Sisters of Charity) takes the lead among the girls' schools with 21 passes, but it ba9 fallen to St Ignatius' College, Btverview (Jesuit Fathers), to carry off the blue ribbon ia the honours department, one of the Biverview students, Eiward Hanry Kelly, winning from the whola of the 2000 competitors the University special prize for general proficiency.

Mb D Alton *s petition against the return of Mr Fnlham for Sjuth Meath has been successful. The plea of corruption, we are told, was based on a pastoral of Bishop Nulty'a, and the threats of priests. It now remains for the men of South Meath to do their duty once more by the return of a nationalist and to let Mr Dalton have his trouble fjr his reward.

The fourteenth annual concert of Mr F. Leech's violin school, which took place on Monday evening in the Choral Hall, Dnnedin, wa», a 9 usual, a marked success. It gave ample proof ttat Mr Leech had loßt nothing throughout the year of bis exceptional power of developing the musical talents of tbe lads and lasses confided to his care. The performances were in every respect most creditable. During the evening songs were very acceptably sung by Miss Julia Jacobs and Messrs J. Blenkinsopp and H. Martin. The Misses Cameron and Edith Leech acted as accompanists. The interest taken in the school was proved by the densely-thronged attendance.

Mb L. MiLMOB.of Hawera(says the Taranaki Herald of November 29), gave the children in the convent an outing on Monday. He arranged with the railway authorities to put on a special first-clais carriage, and having got Mr Tieb , of tbe Terminus Hotel, to provide hampers of provisions, a party o( about thirty left for Waitara, where n picnic was held on the other side o( the river. Tbe children were in charge of three of the nuns, and tbe Bey Father Flood and Mr

Milmoe accompanied the party. The proprietors of the freezing works kindly showed the party over their establishment during the day. Luckily the rain held off, and the children thus had an opportunity of enjoying their picnic.