INTERCOLONIAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 25, 27 October 1898, Page 19

INTERCOLONIAL.

A scheme ia said to be on foot to federate all the butter factories in Victoria.

After the protraoted drought and unseasonably hot weather in New South Wales, rain has fallen in many parts of that Colony, and was gladly welcomed.

The new large concrete reservoir in Centennial Park, Sydney, has been completed at a cost of £52,000. It will hold 18,000,000 gallons, and it is said to be the largest in the southern colonies.

Messrs Hart, Morehead, and Webster, ex-directors of the Queensland National Bank, are being prosecuted, in Brisbane, on a charge of issuing false balance-sheets and trafficking in shares.

His Eminence the Cardinal opened and blessed the new church and presbytery at Annandale, Sydney, on Sunday, 16th October at 3 p.m. Annandale is a new parish, the Rev. Father Rohan has been in charge only a few months, yet a beautiful church and presbytery have been erected and fitted up on a delightful site. Many distinguished visitors were in attendance at the ceremony.

At a meeting of the Catholic Church Committee, held at Geraldton recently (says the vV. A. Record), it was decided to make arrangements for giving a fitting reception to the Bishop, the Right Key. Dr. Kelly, on his arrival. To this end it was resolved that a subscription list be opened and circulated, and that a suitable aidress be prepared for presentation to his Lordship.

His Lordship Dr. Gallagher has been visiting Wagga, Albury, and Corowa. At each of these centres he was welcomed with great ceremony and was presented with the customary addresses. At Wagga, his Lord^ip delivered a most eloquent address on the Church in America and Australia, touching on the question of ' When Australia has Australian priests and Australian bishops.' At Albury Dr. Gallagher administered Confirmation, and at Corowa he delivered a most interesting lecture on Columbus.

In the Legislative Council at Adelaide it was stated that Earl Kilmorey had written letters' marked ' private and confidential ' to various members of that Chamber, in which he threatened that unless the Council removed from the Standing Orders the alleged asperations on his character in connection with the outer harbour scheme he would say things in self-defence which might lead to disagreeable results. The Council subsequently granted the Earl's petition to be heard at the bar of the House, when he made a lengthy statement, and asked that the report of the Standing Orders Committee be amended so as not to reflect on his conduct, or that his parliamentary agent should give an explanation of the matters which had led up to the report. The debate was adjourned to allow of the report being reconsidered.

Mr. S. M'Caughey, the Riverina squatter, who is said to own more sheep than any other man in the world, is (says the Catholic Pre*s) a North of Ireland man. When he first came to Australia he was possessed of sufficient money to buy 1,000 sheep. He now owns seven or eight of the largest stations in the south-west, and his wool-clip alone brings him in £80,000. Mr. M'Caughey, who is 50 years of age, is unmarried, although his residence at Coonong is a perfect mlace. Speaking one day to a lady visitor, who was admiring the beauties of the surrounding country which was then in the throes of a drought, he said, ' Coonong only lacks one thing !' The lady looked puzzled and tried to be wise as to the one thing lacking. After a moment or two's pause she said, ' What is that. Mr. M'Caughey : I suppose it's water V He smiled as he corrected her by saying • that it was a wife.' The party had a great laugh at the blushing lady's expense. W At St. Thomas' Churcd, Lewisham, recently, (says the Catholic Press,") a Month's Mmd — in Office and Requiem Mass — was held for the late Father Long. There was a large congregation. The Very Rev. Dr Carroll, V.G., presided. Father M'Donnell, Windaor, was the celebrant of the Mask, with Father O'Callaghan deacon and Father O Driscoll sub-deacon. Dr. O'Haran was master of ceremonies. The chanters were Right Rev. Monsignor O'Brien and Father Fleming. Among 'the priests present in the sanctuary were the Very Rev. Dean Slatte>y, Very Rev. P. Slattery, 0.F.M., Father Joyce, 0.F.M., Fathers Vincent, Grogan and Coleman, of the Passionist Order, Dr. Gsell, M.S.H., Father Analole, M.S.H., Father Gartlan, S.J., Father Hegarty, CM, Father Quinn, CM., Fathers D. O'Reilly, O'Regan, Collins, Mlntyd, Rohan. Kenny, Cregan, Corbett, Moynagh, Barlow, Donnelly, M'Der*iott, M'Namara, Phelan, and Macarthar, of Melbourne. ,