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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIII, Issue 47, 20 March 1896, Page 17

The Right Rev Dr Grimes, Bishop of Christchurch, accompanied by Rev Father Charles Brown, continues hie episcopal visitation ot the West Coast. His Lordship spent three weeks in tbe Ahaara district, giving missions at Ahaura, Nelson Creek, Totara Flat, and No Town. On Monday, March the 9th, His Lordship arrived in Robs, where a pplendid reception was tendered him by the parishioners of Ross, wbo came out ten miles to meet him, On Tuesday his Lordship, accompanied by Rev Father Michael Browne, pas' or of Rors started for a trip through the missions south of Rjb9. There ia neither railroad or coachroad to Gillespie'a, and the joarnoy must ba made by bridal path. The trip aoirh is not only an arduous one, bat full of danger and peril.

The Catholics of Sydney anl especially those ia fit Patrick's parish (aays the Freeman, March 7) had a warm welcome for the Very Rev Fath t Kirk, Wio arrived by the s.a. Anglian on Saturday. It is between nine and ten years Bince Father Kiik last db % visit. Once upon a time his face was very familiar, This

waeyeaTß ago, when be wai attached to Si Patrick's Church. Fa'he«Kirk tintends remaining about three weeks in Sydney. He will, of course, be the guest of the M arista at St Patrick's. Oq Sunday week he is to preaeb from, bis old pulpit^at tbe High Mass.

MIS 3 Rose BIANEY returned to Danedin on Tuesday night after a very successful concert tour in Southland. Mis 9 Blaney caught a severe cold a ftw days before her return and was unable, in consequence, to sing at the concert ii_ Lawrence on St Patrick's night.

The necessity of a Catholic paper ir the Catholic home is everywhere realise] in Australasia. The bookstalls teem with literature of pernicious tendency. What a priest (as we learn from the Brisbane Age, March 7) said recently of Australia can be said of many a place in New Zealand. " When Father Ryan, the popular young Gundagai priest, enters the pulpit," says our contemporary, "Bime home tru'hs may be expected. There are few men who know the country and the people better than he. On Sunday, says the Gundagai (N.S.W.) Times, he dealt with the life of the rising generation in Gundagai and district, described their Iszy and thriftless habits, tbeir disregard for all that is high and noble, and their utter indifference to religion, Fatbtr Ryan also condemned tbe new woman novels, and said no parents should allow Da Manner's ' Trilby ' into tbe bands of their daughters, as it painted in attractive colours the immoral life of the Latin Quarter in Parie. The preacher treating of 'Education,' attributed a great deal of the depravity of yonth to the fact that parents neglected to have Catholic books and a good Catholic paper in their homeß."

IT is said that there are 1,300,000 Irish in At stralia.

8000 people at tbe Hibernian Society's sports in Auckland— that if something like a success. The patriotic Irishmen of Auckland have reason for self -congratulation.

liIEMPEH, King of Ashanti' (says the London Universe), has been deposed and conveyed to Cape Coast Castle, where be will have an opportunity of gazing upon the sea. He was very drunk when be made bis submission, and grovelled at the feet of tbe cocquerer after a bloodless victory. Yet we venture.to think the idiot who sat nnworthiiy on a stool of sovereignly and basked under a big umbrella of majesty, acquired his taste for strong liquor from the pale-faced invader. Five shillings or forty-eight hours' imprisonment wonld seem to have been an adequate penlity for his crime, not to have abashed and banished bim and condemned bis subjects to pay an almost impossible fine in gold-dußt for the expenses of an expedition they did not need nor desire. King Khama, the blue-ribboned chieftain lately praised by Mr Chamberlain for his teetotalism, should be sent from the borders of Kaffirland to replace bim.

" Canaot tbe English people be made to understand that Jesns Christ founded one true Church, whose Vicar is St Peter and his successors 1 " Thus Leo XIII to the Rev Father Fletcher, Master of the Guild of Our Lady of Raneom, during an audience on January 24.

Herb is advice with regard to fruit eating worth considering : — •• The caution should be often repeated that all fruit mnst be carefully washed before serving, Ao authority claims that grapes should be sprinkled with salt, and have very hot water poured over them, to be quicklyfpouredoff, and a bath of cold water follows. Apples and peaches should be wiped with a clean cloth and the skin never eaten ; the same treatment applies to plums, pears, and apricots. The tender sn»face of ripe fruit effars peculiar facilities for the harbouring of microbes, and their exposure in the open Btands of the grocers and fruiterers is offering this fertile ground to abundant culture."

A GRAND profession of faith was made by the Catholic men of Dunedin on last Sunday morning. The church, at a High Mass celebrated at 7 a.m., was well filled by men who came from all parts of the city and suburb?, and who all approached Holy Communion. The occasioD was the Mass of Exposition and beginning the " Forty Hours' Adoration." For some years the " Forty Hours " has formed part of tbe religious celebration of tha feast of St Patrick. All the men in tbe church last Sunday took Dart in the procession and a unique Bight was witnessed a 9 the Hibernians, men of the Holy Family and others with distinctive regalia walked around the sacred building. The altar was lavishly decorated by the Dominican Nuns who also supplied the music of the Bolemn High Mass. Father Lynch was celebrant Father Murphy, deacon. Father Howard, subdeacon. The officers of the H.A.C.B.S. had the honor? and privilege of carrying the canopy over the M. t Holy.

The Bolemn beatification of Blessed Lecfilo di Corte, of the Order of Minors, took place in the Vatican on January (J?er

five tbonsand tickets of admission (says the Roman correspondent of the Liverpool Catholic Times') were forged by uwindleis, who found ready sale for them among {innocent strangers in tbe hotels. Tbe scene wbich ensued can easily be imagined by those who have visited Rome. When the crowd became too pre*t the gendarmes came to the rescue, and all who were not provided with an official ticket were politely conducted away from the doors, Solemn Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament was given by Monsignore Casseta, during which some beautifully executed music was heard. The Holy Father looked remarkably well, and showed no signs of fatigue throughout the long ceremony, although the heat was so great that several persons faiateJ.

On Tuesday, the Feast of St Patrick, there was solemn high Mass at 11 a.m., at the church of St Patrick, South Danedin. The Very Rev Father Lyncb was celebrant Bey Father Murphy, deacon ; Rev Father Howard, sub-deacon ; Bey Father Hunt, director of ceremonies. The choir rendered the music of the Mass in an effective manner. Tbe church was nicely decorated and there was a large congregation. Father Murphy preached an eloquent panegyric on the Apostle of Ireland,

A new passion play has been written by an English priest and very favourably received. Tae aathor, Bey J. F. Downes, St Patrick's, Bradford, had the play performed by a number of txcellently traioed children.

Latest reports from Vienna convey the ssd news that there is no hope of the recovery of the belr presumptive to tbe Austrian throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Est , the disease from which he sufiera being incurable.

Jules Verne, the great novelist, is known among his neigh* boars and friends at Amiens, France, as a devout member of the Catholic Church.

During the recent visit of the French warship Bcoiff to Port Chalmers, the Catholic men attended Mass at St Mary'B Church, where the pastor, Bey Father Newport, delivered a sermon in their native language, to the visitors.

Theee were fine congregations at the Masses on St Patrick's Day in St Joseph's Cathedral. High Mass was celebrated at t a.m. Rev Fathers Murphy, celebrant ; Lynch, deacon ; Howard, sab-deacon. The closing ceremonipi of a most successful " Forty hours " were gone through, and Benediction of the Most Holy Sacrament concluded the function. Father Lynch, in the course of the occasional sermon, alluded to the fact that on last St Pitrick's Day their late Bishop, Dr MoraD, was present, for the last time, in his cathedral. He expressed the confidence that their late Bishop and father, who, on many a St Patrick's Day, had addressed soul-Btirring wordß to bis congregaion, would never be forgotten, in tbeir prayers, by his people.

Musical Examination — St Joseph's Convent of Mercy, Lyttelton, has been fixed as a centre for the music examination of tbe Trinity College, London. Lyttelton candidates can obtain the usual forms on a] plication to the Lady Superior of the Convent.

" School excursion to Erin " was the title on tbe admission card to a St Patrick's Day entertainment of the children of the Dunedin Catholic schools, wbich was givenjon Monday — the eve of tbe festival. A large number of views of Ireland were shown by limelight in St Joseph's school, and thoroughly enjoyed by the children. At the conclusion of the entertainment a fine picture of Monsignor Verdon, Bishop- Designate of Dunedin, was shown. The Blide waß kizdly given by Mr E. Donne, bookseller, Danedin.

Wb b3g to acknowledge, with thanks, a finely executed photo of the new Bishop of Dunedin from Mr E. Dunne, bookseller, George street, Dtmedin.

Messrs Prictor and Ormsby, Dunedin, have sent us the seventh number of Stoddard's Art Series. Tbe pictures are very artistic The whole collection is both cheap and beautiful.

Thebe is a good deal of curiosity among concert«goera to hear M'ddle Trebelli, who is highly spoken of as a singer, and who makes her first appearance in Dunedin at the Garrison Hall this (Wednesday) evening.

We learn from the Tuapeka Times, just to hand as we go to press that the St Patrick's Day sports in Lawrence, were a pronounced snecess. The weather wasfina, and the usually large number of visitors from all parts of Tuapeka County thoroughly enjoyed themselves. The committee of management were indena'igable ia their tffjrta to make the gathering successful. Mr James Kelleher

acted as secretary, and Mr H. Hart as bandicapper. The Blue Spur Brass Band played selections during the day. Mrs Casey, of Blue Spur, had charge of the refreshment booth. The programme contained twenty-three items, and there were large entries. The keenlycontested cycling evants were a very interesticg feature of the pro ceedings. The report of the concert is not to hand, bnt, no doubt, the great success of former years was repeated, and a handsome sum for the Catholic schools will be the resnlt of the St Patrick's Day celebrations.