INTERCOLONIAL

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 36, 3 September 1903, Page 31

INTERCOLONIAL

The ' Freeman's Journal ' understands that the Rev Father Fitzgerald, O.F.M. (Waverley), has been recalled to the headquarters of the Franciscan Order in Ireland.

The gross receipts of the opening night of Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, totalled £723 10s, which Mr. Williamson distributed among city charities. To the Society of St. Vincent de Paul he gave £50 ; to St. Margaret's Maternity Hospital, £25 ; to the Foundling Hospital Waitara, £25 ; and to the Hospice for the Dying (St. "Vincent's) £25.

The contract for the building of the convent and asylum of the Sistets of the Good Shepherd (W.A.), on the site so generously provided by his Lordship the Bishop lor the purpose at Subiaco has been signed— the amount being £10,000. A day for laying the foundation stone will be appointed at an early date. The works are expected to be completed in some eight or ten months.

Referring to the election of Cardinal Sarto as Pope, the Rev. G. Doyle, of St. Arnaud (Victoria), mentioned a peculiar fact to his congregation. He said he" had secured photographs of the Cardinals and placed them before the children attending the Catholic school, and nine out of every ten selected Cardinal Sarto on his appearance. The children had selected their Pope even before the Conclave had made known its decision.

His EminenceJJardinal Moran arrived in Rome in the early part of last week and had later on a private audience with the Holy Father, who thanked the Cardinal for his congratulations and gave him the apostolic blessing for the Catholics of Australasia. Cardinal Moran will leave for Sydney about the end of the current month.

The friends of the Rev. G. A. Robinson, at present touring America (says the Melbourne 'Tribune') will be pleased to learn that the rev. gentleman's health has considerably improved since leaving Victoria. Father Robinson is an ardent musician and classical scholar, and holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts of the Royal University of Ireland and the University of Melbourne.

The ' Monitor ' reports that the Rev. Father Mahony is still in quarantine with Dr. Wilson, and will remain there until the end of the smallpox epidemic. He makes daily visits to the Verulam Hospital. Although he may receive letters, etc., he is not allowed, according to quarantine regulations, to write in reply to same, all outward communications having to be made per telephone.

On Sunday, August 16, the foundation stone of St. Patrick's presbytery, Ballarat, was laid by the Right Rev. Dr. Moore His Lordship was present at "the three Masses in the Cathedral, and after an eloquent sermon at the 11 o'clock Mas*s, on the festival of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, made a strong appeal for the building fund of the presbytery. The Bishop said the presbytery would be worthy of the city of Ballarat and the Catholic body, and would, in every case, be suited to the requirements of the Church, and in keeping with the Cathedral and beautiful hall. After the powerful appeal of the Bishop, the sum of £2510 was handed in as a rt>suit of the day's collection, which, with the £2000 already in hand, will leave very little more, to be paid on the new building.

At a recent meeting of the Archdeacon Slattcry memorial committee (Geelong) seven tenders were submitted for the erection of the mortuary chapel in the PJastern Cemetery The committee accepted the tended of Neville and Kelly at £H22 The hon. collectors handed in a number of donations to the fund, bringing up the amount in hand to over £300 With contributions yet to be received from several Catholic societies the committee is assured of over £400, but it was pointed out at the meeJting that this falls short of the amount required The hope was expressed that the admirers of the late Archdeacon who had not yet subscribed to the fund would do so without further delay, in order that the committee may be in a position to pay for the chapel on its completion.

The Queensland correspondent of the ' Catholic Press' reports- the death of the Hon. William Grene Power, M.L.C., of Sylvan Park, Nundah. The deceased gentleman had been in poor health for a few weeks past, and in consequence could not attend the sitting of Parliament Still the end came unexpectedly, and must have caused a severe shock to the family. The late Mr. Power was a native of Clonmel, County Tipperary, where he was born in 1835. He received a good education, and came to Victoria in 1857 Me was elected Mayor of Jamieson in 1866, and seven years later came to Queensland. Called to the Upper House in 1883, Mr. Power took a deep interest in all the industries of the State, and his death creates a gap in the front rank of its most intelligent legislators.