INTERCOLONIAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 6, 6 February 1902, Page 7

INTERCOLONIAL.

The Rev. Father Moore, for nerly of Beaditro (Victoria) Bucoepda Father Hogan in St. Francis' pariah, Hay market. The estate of Mr. James Oo^Man, of Ballaraf, is valued at £150,000. It is all left to his family, with the exception of so-ne email charitable bequests. A purse of 210 sovereigns was recently presented to the Rev. Father Hegany, of St. Bridget's Church, Red Hill, Brisbane, on the occasion of his projected trip to Europe. The Very Rev. Father John Ryan, R J., Superior of the Order in Australia leaves shortly for Europe to attend the conference of the heads of the Society throughout the world. This is the first time Australia has been represented at a confereice of the kind. At the laying of the foundation stone of a new church at Corrimal on a Sunday recently, Dr. Kelly, the Coadjutor-Archbishop of Sydney, was presented by the parishioners with a silver trowel, commemorative of the first ceremony of the kind which he had performed in Australia. At the distribution of prizes given annually to school children by Cardinal Moran, his Eminence referred to the success of Catholio pupils in Messrs. Angus and Robertson's writing competitions. No lees than nine gold medals were won by them. He took occasion to thank the firm for presenting such valuable awards. The Rev. Professor McDermott, of St. Patrick's College, Manly, haß been appointed by bis Eminence the Cardinal to the position of vice-president and bursar of the college. The Rev. Father Hogan, late of St. Francis 1 , Haymarket, and formerly a Btudent of St. Patrick's, has been appointed professor of history at that college. Father Hogan, before going to St. Francis' parish was in charge of Mount Morgan district (Q.). 4 Sporzando,' one of the ablest of British musical critics, writes thuß in the London Morning Leader : — Mis Amy Castles, the young Australian soprano, made her debut last night at St. James's Hall. A Bhort official biography states that Miss Castles ' comes before the English public in no sense as an accomplished artist, but as a young Btudent eager for the guidance and benefit that can be best secured by an expression of critical opinion.' Well, the new singer has a beautiful voice, reminding one now of Melba'B, and now of Suzanne Adams's. It haß a big range, and is true in intonation and fresh and interesting in quality. Three or four years hence I expect her name to be in the mouths of all musical London. In the course of a speech at the annual distribution of prize 0 to the pupils of the primary schools of the archdiocese his Emi* nence Cardinal Moran Baid :—ln: — In the first report of the denominational schools in New South Wales, issued in 1861, the entire number of Catholic children in all the dioceses of New South Wales was 5955. Wonderful progress was made between then and the year 3867, when in an official report it was stated that there were 3350 children attending the Catholio schools. In those days that waß considered something very considerable. In 1884, when it pleased the Holy See to place him (the Cardinal) at the helm of affairs in the diocese for a few years, the official list of 1883-84 Bhowed there were 81 Catholic schools in the diocese. The number of teachers in those schools was 335, and the total number of children in all Catholic schools was 10.937. Looking to the directory of the present year, which ga^e the returns up to December 31, he found that instead of 81 schools they had 222, and the total number of our religious teachers, instead of being 335 was 818, and, best of all, the number of children, instead of being 17,937, was 23,887. The death is reported of Mr James Coghlan, K.S.G., of Ballarat In 1857 he settled down in Ballarat, where he had resided ever since. He took an active part in mining matters and was a large shareholder in several companies. He was a native of Wexford, and leaves a numerous family to mourn their loss. After the Solema Office for the Dead in the Catbeiral his Lordship Bishop Moore said he had known the deceased for nearly 40 years, and while lamenting his death as that of a dear old personal friend, he could say in all truth and sincerity that he had never met with a more genuinely religious man- He had lived a great and good life, and reflected as in a mirror his deep religious convictions. The loss of his noble example as a Catholic would, indeed, be a severe losb to members of the Church. In all matters connected with the Church he had ever displayed a marked interest, and his generosity was in keeping with the noble instincts of the giver. His good deeds had received due recognition from his Holiness Leo XIII., who conferred on him a Knighthood of St. Gregory the Great ; and it would be difficult to find another more deserving of the honor. As a citizen, Mr. Coghlan's life of industry and probity was an object-lesson to all. One of the old pioneers, he had by his tact in business contributed in no small measure to the material progress of the city, and he had always discharged his duties, public and private, in a strictly conscientious way. The large and representative congregation there that morning bore ample testimony to the deep and affectionate regard in which Mr. Coghlan was held by all classes. Two of Sydney's singers (says the correspondent of the Southern Cross) are preparing to leave for Europe this year — Miss Mary Narelle and Miss Eva My lot t, one a contralto and the other a soprano. Like Amy Castles, the are Irish-Australians. They have been our most prominent concert singers during the past thrre or four years, and they have now decided to study in Paris, and then Beck world-wide fame. Miss Kate Rooney, another Sydney convent girl, went to England early laßt year, and has ever since been studying under Santley, who is delighted with her voice. She will probably make her debut this year. Girls with voices are flocking to Sydney from all the States to study under Madame Christian (Sibter Mary Paul) at St. Vincent s Convent.