INTERCOLONIAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 19, 11 May 1899, Page 19

INTERCOLONIAL.

-4 The hospital Saturday collection in Sydney and suburbs totalled £3728. nearly £XOO more than last year. The Ritrht Rev. Dr. Lanigan, Bishop of Goulburn,who had been eeiiously ill for some time, is now thoroughly restored to health. The exports from Victoria last year showed a falling on to the extent of £5t>7.121. The imports totalled Jtl H»,7('»'.».«K>4 in value ajfuin'-t ■* P. r> t \^2 for ls'.i;. At the recent examinations hel 1 by the Ptihlic Service Board in New fxmth Wales, die ii/sL plac • for all Kw, South Wales was obtained by Master Horace Ellen, a pupil of the Christian Bro hers' College, St. Patrick's, Goulbum. The Venerable Abbe Sjhurr has been appointed Vicar-General of the diocese of Lisnxire. r l he Abbe is parish prie-t or Casino, ;<nd has been connected with the diocese for the past ,jo yearn. The appointment has tjivon urno'sal satisfaction. A new church was recently opened at Gobirmlong, in the diocese of v*oulburn, the eereruouy beinv performed by the Riuht Rev. Dr. \l illaglur. The 00-<t was und^r £700. and tne subscriptions at the opening extinguished the debt of £22(1 which was then on it. The Very Rev. Father John, Superior of the Passionist Order in South Australia, is about to leave shortly for Ireland, for the purpose of attending the Chapter of the Order to be held in July in Dublin. He is likely to be succeeded by the Very Rev. Father Hilary as rector at the Retreat, Glen Osmond. The Rev. Mother Provincial Kennedy, of the Convent of the Good Shepherd, Abbotsford, accompanied by Prioress O'Rourke and Sister May, of the same convent, has gone to Perth to establish a branch of the Order in the West Australian capital. Dr. Gibney, Bishop of Perth, has set aside an extensive site on the Swan River ior the purpose. At St. Laurence's Church. North Adelaide, on a Sunday afternoon recently, the Dominican Fathers were made the recipients of a phaeton, a set of harness and a fine-looking mare, the gifts of their parishioners, of whom there was a large gathering. The Fathers were also presented with an illuminated framed address, a striking piece of work for which the Dominican nuns of Buxton street were responsible. The Hon. .7. T. 'Toohey and Mrs. Toohey, of Sydney, were in New York during the Month of March. Archbishop Corrigan, with great pride, showed them the prim ipal Catholic colleges, orphanages, etc. In one orphanage, in which he is deeply interested, there "are 700 children, girls and boys, the younger ones being instructed in the Kindergarten principle. Mr. Francis lliggin«, brother to Bishop Higgins, conducted the visitors over a wonderful Home for boys rescued trom the streets. It is expected th.it Mr and Mrs. Toobey will arrive in Sydney about the end of next month. St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, which is in charge of the Sitters of Chaiity, dates as far back as the \e;,i l.sV). w he'll a quarter of an acre of land was grudgingly granted as a site for the institution. A largtr area was obtained by purchase, and n building erected, the hospital commencing operations m O^tob -r, 1 s">7. ismce then, over £l."io.iKM) has been spent upon it. the 1-it.d al me costing £:>:>;i2 10-». The number ot beds now available is 17."., and last v< .uover HUGO indoor and outdoor patients were treated by the statf ot nurses, the total number of attendances at casualty and outdoor apartments being 22, 7.') 7. A pleasing ceremony took place at East Maitland on a Sunday recently, when the parishioners of ht. .Joseph's Church presented th( Right Uev. Dr. Dwyer, Coadjutor- Bishop of Maitland, with a hi- dsome hooded busgyan 1 harness. Alderman Burke presided owr the gathering, and Mr. James M-Laughlin Vv-ing the oldest parishioner. was specially selected to make the presentation. His Lordship made a suitable reply, thanking the parishioner* most heartily tor thenvery hai.dsome present. The buggy, a double-seated one. is a very beautiful piece of work. The buggy was awarded lirst prize in it's class at the recent show. On April l.i the chief president of the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society (Brother E. T. Hayden, of Ballarat). entertained the deputies attending the annual movable meeting at luncheon at Parer's Crystal Cafe. Melbourne. One toast, that of the health of the ho^t, whs honoured. Brother F. J. Townsend, of West Australia, proposed it, and the chief president replied. On the following evening the deputies were entertained by the St. Ignatius' branch of the society, at Richmond. Among the visitors at the annual movable meeting of the society wsis" Bro. J. W. Howard, the past chM president of the society The movement was inaugurated in Victoria in LSuVi, and Mr. Howard was one of the founders. Over 200 members of the Hibernian Society sat down to the annual breakfast in Sydney on April Hi. In the course of his speech the district president (?rlr. J. Sutton) said that during the past year the Society had paid £41)0 in funeral donations, £ISOI in sick pay, £2.">42 for medical attendance and medicine, and had to the credit of the various funds — sick pay, £;>:t(io , incidental, C10."i!); [ and district, £11077 ; making a total of *C 12, !.>(>. with a membership ot 24()n in New South Wales. Throughout Australasia the Society had 24(1 branches (20l male, .'52 female, and IS juvenile), with a total membership of KiOOd. a,rd a grand total in funds of '-e'.Ci.OOO. an increase ot nearly £5000 for the year. His Eminence Cardinal Moran. who was present, del vered nn address, in the course of which he said that a membership of Hi,ooo was but a poor record throughout Australia. For his part he would like to see it 1C.0,000.