INTERCOLONIAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8, 22 February 1900, Page 20

INTERCOLONIAL.

Hi 9 Lordship Dr. Kelly, Bishop of Geraldtown, left for Rome at the beginning of February. The Bibhop ot Sale (Right Rev. Dr. Corbett) has al-o left for Rome. A new convent was opened recently at Heledon, near Ipswich. by Archbishop Dunne, of Brisbane. There was a large gathering, including all the prominent non-Catholics of the district, who subscribed liberally. Two members of the New South Wales Contingent which left Sydney on January 17 — Troopers Cox and Meehan — have died en route, the former at Melbourne of pneumonia and the latter at Adelaide of typhoid. His Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Murray, 0.5.A., Bishop of Cooktown, leaves for Europe on February 20. One of the objects of his Lordship's trip, it is reported, is to lighten the financial burden with which the Vicariate is encumbered. The Brisbane Age reports the death of the Rev. Father Jerome Davadi, of Stanthorpe. The funeral was the largest ever seen in the district. The deceased priest arrived in Queensland about 30 years ago, 25 of which he spent in Stanthorpe. There died recently at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, a very old colonist in the person of Mr. Cornelius Clune, who for many years was well known in the Bourke district. The deceased, who was born at Quinn, County Clare, <>l years ago, came to New South Wales nearly forty years ago and by energy and industry had acquired a competence, the greater portion of which goes to his relatives in the Old Country. He had never married, but had several relatives in Sydney. The Public Service Board of New South Wales has received from the Board of Examiners (says the Sydney Fret-mail's Journal) the result of the examination which was held for admission to the clerical division of the Public Service on December 18 last and four following days. The number of vacancies submitted for competition was 50. Of these fifty places, competitors sent up from our Catholic schools secured against all-comers six. J. E. O'Grady, of St. Stanislaus 1 College, Bathurst, in the order of merit was third on the list. The other Catholics among the lucky fifty were : — Muriel M. Swain, Convent of Mercy, Parramatta ; L. J. Jones, Marist Brothers' High School, St. Mary's, Sydney ; P. J. Ryan, St. Patrick's College, Goulburn ; J. P. S. M'Carthy, Sacred Heart College, West Maitland ; D. J. Roche, St. Patrick's College Goulburn.

The Rev. Father Edward O'Brien, S.J., died at St. Mary's Presbytery, North Sydney, on January 23 The deceased priest had attained the ripe age of 82 years, and in earlier life laboured in the Braidwood and Cooma missions, and afterwards was in charge of St. Benedict's with the ecclesiastical dignity of Dean. Dpon his retirement, some years ago, from the important administration of St. Benedict's parish, the Very Rev. Dean O'Brien joined the Society of J^sus and was attached to the North Sydney mission, where he laboured until his death. Both in the country and city, in fact wherever he dwelt, Father O'Brien won friends among not only Catholics but other denominations and was well loved for his (fraud character and universal charity. The children attending 1 the schools at Greenough, which are umler the « barge of the Dominican Nuns, pave a concert recently (cayn the ll'. .4. Jieeard) which was in every way &■> unqualified Hucoess. Mr. Hu^h Hitmercley, chairman of the Greenough Roada Board, occupied the chair, aiid there were also present Bishop Kelly and the Rev. Father Ryan from Ueraldton. The chairman, in the course of a short address, referred to the excellent progress the Greenough children had made in the short space oi time that the Sisters had had to tutor them. He alluded to the great interest he had always taken in educational matters and the pleasure he had experienced when he first heard of the prospective event of a Convent School on the Greenough. The school was now a matter of fact, and the entertainment provided by the children that evening would testify to the quality of the education dispensed by the nuns. His Lordship, the Bishop, in responding thanked the chairman, on behalf of the Sisters, for his encouraging remarks. Such warm praise, he added, the nuns would always endeavour to merit. At St. Mary's Church, Kalgoorlie, a few Sundays ago, the Rev. Father O'Gorman intimated that he was about to leave for Europe, his impaired health having necessitated a change. During the course of his remarks the rev. gentleman exhorted his flock to accord to his successor in the ministry of Church affairs the same assistance and generosity as they had always evinced towards himself. Priest* would come and priests would go, but the Church would go on for ever. He also paid a high tribute of praise to his Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Gibney, at whose hands he had always received the greatest kindness and assistance. In view of the early departure of the Rev. Father O'Gorman from Kaleroorlie, a number of the citizens of the district and the Boulder City have initiated the idea of presenting the Rev. Father with an address and testimonial. He it held in the highest esteem here by all sections of the communityCatholic and Protestant alike. To this end a strong committee has already been formed, headed by the Mayor of Kalgoorlie, the Mayor of Boulder City, the Chairman of the Roads Board, and other leading men. The Very Rev. Father Patrick C.P , of Marrickville, who has left for South Africa with the second New Sonth Wales contingent, as Catholic chaplain, waa born in Dublin in 1860, and is now a little over ',W years of age. He entered the Passionist Order at the early age of 1(> years, and served his novitiate at Broadway, Worcestershire, England, and was professed in 1876 He was ordained in London in 1883, and devoted himself to the work of giving missions in England, Scotland, and Ireland. He was one of the first Passionist Fathers to come to Sydney when the Order was established in Marrickville some twelve years ago (1887"). For the past six years — ever since the return to England of the Very Rev. Father Marcellu«, C.P. — Father Patrick has been parish priest of St. Brigid's. Marrickville, during which time he has won golden opinions from all classes of the community. Father Patrick (says the Freeman's Journal) volunteered to accompany our first contingent to the Transvaal, but no chaplains were taken. When a second contingent was decided on, he again offered his services, this time successfully. He was presented with an address and purse of sovereigns by the residents of Marrickville, without distinction of creed, prior to hi^ departure.