INTERCOLONIAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 5, 31 January 1901, Page 20

INTERCOLONIAL.

The following changes have been made in the archdiooese of Sydney :— The Rev. Father J. Fitzpatrick, from St. Franois' to Camperdown ; Rev. Father Holland, from Camperdown to Nowra ; Rev./ Father Gunning, from Nowra to Cooma. There arrived recently in West Australia from Ireland Rev. Father Lynch for the diocese of Perth, and the Rev. Father Fenelon for the diocese of Gerald ton. Father Lynch was accompanied by his sister, a young lady who will enter one of the convents as a postulant. On board the same vessel bound for Sydney, was the Rev. Father Agidi, M.5.11. Messrs Cochrane and Co., of Melbourne, have practically completed their oontraot for the erection of the new Catholic cathedral, which is to be known as the Church of the Sacred Heart, in Wattle square, Bendigo, The structure presents a moat imposing appearance and can be seen for a considerable distance. The coat of erecting and furnishing the cathedral is being paid out of the estate of the late Very Rev. Dr. Backhaus, the pioneer priest of Bendigo, who died about 20 years ago, leaving a fortune, almost the whole of which was bequeathed to the Church. The Catholic colleges (writes a Melbourne correspondent) have again been very successful at the Matriculation Examinations. Their superiority over outside colleges is evidenced by the fact that, while the average of passes for the whole State was 38 per cent., the percentage obtained by the Christian Brothers' School was 80 per cent. An interesting statement prepared by Rev. Father Ryan, Principal of St. Xavier's, Kew, shows that the average of all schools, in every single subject, was handsomely beaten by hia college. In Latin, French, algebra, geometry and physiology, the school scored 100 per cent. In Latin, the average of all sohoola was only 47 per cent. An historic name occurs in the list of distingnished students, that of Charles Gavan Duffy, which is on the list of special distinctions for third-class honors in English and history. It is to be hoped that the young gentleman is going to tread in the footsteps of his famous grandsire along the paths of literature and history. By the death of Mr. Edmund Keogh, at St. Kilda road (says the Melbourne Aryut), Victoria has lost the services of a gentlemao who was well known and highly respected, especially amongst business men, and who was a very old colonist. The late Mr, Keogh came to Victoria in 1841. In the early fifties he and hia brother established the firm in Latrobe street of Messrs. E. and M. Keogh, wholesale chemists and druggists. He retired from business in 1875. In 1882 Mr. Keogh was appointed a member of the Education Commission as a representative of the Catholic oommunity. This was one of the few occasions on which he took a prominent part in public questions. He was chairman of the Commissioners tor Savings Banks up to within a short time of his death. He had reached the age of 72 years, and though he had been in poor health for about eight months, he was only confined to his bed during the laat seven weeks. A meeting of the priests of the diocese of Bathurst for the nomination of three candidates, from whom Holy See may choose one to be future Bishop of Bathurst Diocese, was held at the Cathedral recently. Mass of the Holy Ghost was first celebrated by Rev. Father P. J. Doran (Cowra), his Eminence the Cardinal presiding at the throne. All those entitled to a vote assisted at the Mass, viz., the dioceean consultors, the irremovable rectors, priests in charge of districts, and administrators who have been at least seven years in charge of a parish. There were 18 in all. After Mass the Cardinal gave a short address to the clergy, and they then proceeded to take the forma) oath that they would select those only whom they considered fittest to assume the onerous duties of future prelate of the diocese. The clergy then selected two of their number, the Very Rev. Martin Long (Gulgong), and Very Rev. J. Brophy (Dubbo), as scrutineers. The election was then proceeded with, which resulted as follows : Diqnisiimus Very Rev. Jno. Dunne, Administrator of the diocese, 12 votes ; Dignior Very RevJas. Kelly, Carcoar, four votes ; Dignus Very Rev. Martin Long, Gulgong, two votes. Formal documents confirming the nominations made were duly signed by the Cardinal and by the scrutineers. The Melbourne Advocate reports the death of Councillor William levers, an old and widely-respected Colonist, who will be keenly regretted, and whose disappearance from society and publio life will be generally regarded as a great loss. The departed gentleman possessed in an eminent degree those qualities which enabled so many of the early settlers to carve out their way to fortune, and while doing so to assist in securely laying the foundations of a prosperous country. He was a member of a well-known County Limerick family who were both Conservative and Protestant and a near relative of the late Mr. Robert levers of Castle levers, but disregarding the family traditions, and breaking from their restraints, he became in his early manhood a member of the Catholio Church, to whose teachings he has been consistently loyal, and at' the same time a generous contributor to all religious and charitable works undertaken in Melbourne and Carlton to the greater honor and glory of God. Of recent years other members of the same family have been received into the Church. The deceased gentleman had reached his 82nd year. He came to Victoria in 1855, and took up his residence in Carlton, where he established the estate agency of William levers and Sons. In 1885 he was elected in the room of his deceased son, William, as one of the representatives of the Smith Ward in the City Council. He was one of the original directors of the Colonial Permanent Building Society. In 1898, Cr. levers and his wife celebrated the diamond jubilee of their wedding, and in the same year Mrs. levers died. The deceased gentleman was a member of the board of management of the immigrants' Home and leaves a grown-up family of two sons and three daughters.