INTERCOLONIAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 4, 22 January 1903, Page 31

INTERCOLONIAL.

The Rev. Father Hanley, who for some time has been stationed at Cloncurry (Q.). has received an appointment to Kempsey, N.S.W. On his departure from Cloncurry Father Hanley was presented with a purse of sovereigns and an illuminated address. The Rev. Brother Barron has been appointed Provincial of the Christian Brothers in Australasia which position was rendered vacant by the death of the late Brother J. J. Mullan. It has boon decided by his Orace the Archbishop of Melbourne to include Irish history in the primary schools' course of the archdiocese. The Gaelic League has undertaken to provide prize money of the value of £50 a year. The Rev Father T. O'Reilly, P.P. (Parramatta), is coming to New Zealand for a holiday, which will probably extend over two months. The Rev. Dr Burke (Manly Ecclesiastical College) will take charge of the parish during Father O'Reilly's absence. 1 * Ccln I bla Disaster Fund now amounts to £14,71 R. By the system of distribution widows will receive £1 per week ; children under 14 years of age 2s Cd per week,; persons injured in the disasters £1 i' s 'nor week. ' Mother Mary Evangelist Bohane, one of the pioneer bisters of Mercy. Bathurst, has passed away at the ape Of 67 years. The deceased Sister had charge of fit Joseph's Orphanage, where she watched over and -uided the lives of many orphan children. Four Marist Fathers have arrived in Sydney from France. Their names are : Rev. Father Pudos, SAT appointed to Sydney ; Rev. Fathers Bertreux, S M ' and I.oubiere, S.M., to Noumea ; Rev Father Fox S M to Fiji. Fourteen more Marist Fathers aro expected to' arrivo in Sydney shortly. They are going to various Darts of the Pacific Islands On New Year's Day. at the close of the retreat given by the Very Rev. Father Treand (Superior of the Sacrod Heart Fathers), four postulants were admitted to the Order of the Marist Brothers at St. Joseph's novitiate. Hunter's Hill, eight Brothers at the same time making their perpetual vows. Most Rev. Dr. Kel' -elided at the ceremony At the Convent of Mercy, ' Monte Sant' Ar.golo ' North Sydney, on the 18th ultimo, the Rev. Father Kelly, S .T., received the following postulants into the Urder • Miss Brophv (Callen, Ireland}, in religion Sister Mary Theresa : Miss Cussen (Svdnevi Sister Mow Aloysia: Miss Bourks (North Sydney). Sister Morv Fthelburg ; Miss Ryan (Tipperary, Ireland), Sister Mary Pympna. Hon. J. Leahv. Queensland Minister for Railways who is self-educated and self-made, is the strongest man in Queensland politics, nnd a recoenised authority oh Constitutional law. While laboring for his living he picked up a parcel of historical nnd leeral works at a sale, nnd road them because he had nothing else to rend at night time. The books were the foundation of his success. He is now a fairly wealthy man, as well as a leading influence in public life _ The contract for the alterations and additions to the buildings in Brunswick street, Fitzroy (says the 'Advocate') which are to ser\e the purposes of club and cloak rooms in connection with the proposed new central Catholic hall, has been let at £2200. A portion of the now hall is included in the undertaking and the expenditure will bring the present cost to £6(500 It is expected that the contract will be completed by the end of February next, and the opening of the club rooms, together with the laying of the foundation stone of the new hall, will take place on the first Sunday in March. Already the Archbishop of Melbourne has received generous donations and promises of assistance, several prominent laymen having decided to give £100 each, and the various societies and confraternities in connection with the chuieh intend to make special efforts to meet the hoau- liabilities. It is not alone in "Dunodin that the Christian Brothers have proved their worth as teachers, for ye md reports of their successes in every place where they are established in the Australasian colonies. Here is what the ' Leader ' (Ipswich, Queensland) has to sty about the local school : ' About a year ago we made special reference to the Christian Brothers' School. We thought then, as we think now, that the sound training gi\on in this seminary might be emulated by the State education authorities. And we venture also to remark that if the teaching staffs of the grammar and State schools could have seen (and it must be seen to be appreciated) last Friday's demonstration at the Brothers' school hall they would agroo with us that something was wrong somewhere The position may be put in a mathematical way. If. without one pennyworth of State subsirh the Christian Brothers are able to accomplish so much in the wav of primary, higher and physical education, what should the public expect from the grammar and State schools which are subsidised to the extent of several thousands sterling in the Ipswich district alone. School comparisons are always interesting food for reflection, and we unhesitatingly assert that after what we have latel-- seen we are disposed " not to contradict nor believe, but to weigh and consider." '