INTERCOLONIAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 49, 5 December 1901, Page 7

INTERCOLONIAL.

In the diocese of Geraldton (says the W.A. Record) the Do" minican nuns are well sustaining the world-wide and time-honored renown of their Order as a teaching Order. At the recent exhibition held at Greenough, the pupils of the local convent gained 30 prizes, and at the Geraldton Exhibition they were also successful. First prizes were gained at Geraldton by the students of the college at Dongam, for painting 1 , wood-carving, pianoforte sight-reading, and bolo playing . A concert given by these students on October 16 went off with print — the performance throughout being brilliant. The returns received from London of the Trinity College musical examination, held on August 10 by Mr. Charles Edwards at the Greenough centre, show that all the eight candidates presented passed, one gaining honors All the marks obtained this year by the pupils of the Dominican nuns at both London examinations were high. In connection with the oelebration of the fourth anniversary of the opening of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, which took place a few Sundays ago, the Archbishop of Melbourne, who preached at the 11 o'clock Mass, referred to the financial position of the Cathedral and the work that had been done since the opening in 1897. The whole of the Cathedral, he said, had been re-tiled, the sanctuary portion had been improved and ornamented, all the ohapels had been provided with altars, and the seating accommodation had been increased. All that had been done was paid for, and there was enough money available to meet the cost of the work on hand. Had it not been, the Archbishop went on to say, for the opportune and princely bequest of the late Mr. James Crotty, whose munificence was recorded in a mural tablet in the Cathedral, it would have been impossible to have accomplished all that had been done. Had the whole of that bequest been available for the purpose, the internal decoration of the Cathedral could have rven actually completed, but there remained a debt of £4000 on the building itself, which left a balance of £6000 only for internal work. Two of the chapels had, in consequence of the piety and generosity of two ladies, been also decorated, and it was intended to proceed with the four remaining ones, in the hope that some others would imitate the example of these good ladies. TBfese four chapels also required a mosaic paving, and he was not without hope that funds would also be forthcoming to meet that the last work in connection with the internal completion of the Cathedral. The Monitor (Tasmania) records with deep regret the death of the Yen. Archdeacon Noone which occurred on November 11 at Hobart. The deceased priest was one of the pioneers in the Tasmanian mission field. He received his early training at Mount Melleray Abbey, Waterford, and went to All Hallow 'a College for hie ecclesiastical course. He was ordained in 18(J3, and came out immediately to Tasmania. During his 38 years' missionary labor he built several churches, convents, and schools, in various parts of the colony. The Very Rev. Dr. O'Haran, 'private secretary to his Eminence Cardinal Moran, has been presented with an address and £8000 to recoup him for the expense in his defence in the Coningham case. The net profits of the Westmead Fair held in the Sydney Town Hall amount to over £2500. The members of St. Vincent de Paul Society are delighted with the result. On Tuesday of last week Miss Amy Castles made her debut at her concert in St. James's Hall, London. She was assisted by Miss Ada Croseley ard otherß. His Majesty the King wrote a few days bofore the concert came off to Sir Andrew Clarke, Agent-General for Victoria, expressing his interest in the first appearance in the world's metrop >lis of the youDg Australian singer. The Prince and Princess of Wales accorded their patronage to the concert. In addition to the royal patrons, many leaders of society, such as Lord and Lady Jersey, Lord and Lady Carrington, Lord Beauchamp, were doing their best to interest their friends in the performance. Many persons predicted that a debut after only two years' study would be a failure, but M. Bouhy, her distinguished teacher, considered that she might safely demand a London verdict on the quality of her voice. Miss Castles was to fulfil her first public engagement the week following at the Queen's Hall Ballad Concerts, by special invitation of Mr. George Boosey. Tke London 'ft met, commenting on the successful debut of Miss Amy Castles, says she is admirably taught, and, if she perseveres, will reach a very high place. Her voice is of beautiful quality, resembling Madame Melba's. The leaders of the Orange clique (nays a Melbourne correspondent) who are ceaseless in their efforts to win favorable recognition from the Victorian public have met with a slight disappointment. They desired to obtain the use of the Melbourne Town Hall for the purpose of holding a '■ Guy Fawkes " demonstration on November 5, but although home of the corporation officials are said to be in sympathy with this disreputable crowd, the Mayor, Sir Samuel Gillott, is a man of broad and liberal views, and his Worship refused the use of the hall. The Orangemen had to elsewhere for a platform upon which to spout their venomous tirade against Catholic citizens. It in true that these social pests are not now taken seriously, and since the prosecution of some of the leaders a few years ago for a breach of the provisions of the Unlawful Assemblies Act at Brunswick they have been looked upon with contempt oy the public generally. A few fifth-rate parsons orate occasionally in true Orange style in little suburban coventicles, but these are merely bidding for a little cheap notriety, which it would be impossible to obtain by ordinary means.