INTERCOLONIAL

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11, 16 March 1905, Page 31

INTERCOLONIAL

His Eminence Cardinal Moran blessed and opened a new convent school at Lithgow on Sunday, Fcbruaiy 26. The -.olio oil cost o\ er £000, and is conducted by the Sisfters of St. Joseph. The Very Rev. T. Lynch, PP., Very Rev. Archpikst Keiii'nuJ}, P.P., and Rev. D B Nclan vCrc kl'oypassengers on the ' Mongolia ' to Europe with the» Aery Rev. Dean Phelan. The Very Row Dean O'Sullivan, who had been parish priest at Gunnpdah for about fifteen years, died at the presbytery on Febiuary 27 after a swere and protraetfcd illness. His Lordship Bishop Dunne laid ttie foundation stone of a new church in PopHafid o« Sunday, February 26. Duiing his discourse his LordsJiip made eloquent reference t o, the zeal and self-sacrifiice of the worthy pastor, the Reiv. E. J. Flanagan, for the people unJder Ms care. For the first time in Australian history a foreigner has been appointed to a judicial seat in tie pers|n(n of the Hon. Robeit Homburg (late Attorney-General), who has just been appointed a justice of the Supreme Couit of South Australia in succession to Mr. Justice Boucaut, retired. The new Judge, a native of Germany, went asi a youing man to South Australia, where he has won a good legal practice Gerald Patiick O'Day, a S kitten t of St. Patrick's College, Ballarat, was the winner of an exhibition of £200, tenable for four oi five ycais at the Mcl hour i c University or any of the technical schools, at the December examinations. This brilliant pupil of the Christian Brothers is a son of Councillor O'Day, of Bun^aree, and is fifteen years of age Mr. aril Mrs V^ T Redmond will visit Broken Hill towards the end of April A reception, a banquet, a,nd a public meeting are ai ranged Mr. Redmond stated that he had pn mv\ itiatnon from the Broken Ilill PLI , but had replied that as his visit was for the benefit of his health and of a pin ate charactei , lie could only accept an invitation from his countrymen Miss Eileen C;istles, sister of Amy and Dolly (sxys the ' Catholic Pic-s '), inheiits the family g'ft of seme;, and is 1 o loin Mr. Williamson's Opera Company In appearance vwvl \oico she resembles Amy, and \lr Williamson is confident that\ she will ha\c a distinguished caiecr She will travel with her sister Dolly, to whom she will probably a<H as understudy The death is ieporled from Adelaide of Sister Philomen i Fit/pahick, of the Convent of Mercy. She was a niece of the Rev Mother Mary Evangelist Fit/patrick, fot'ivlress of the Order of Mercy in South \ustralia, aid of the Rev. Father Fit/patnck, who did wonderful wo'i ( k on the mission in India. She was als(o a nioce of the Rev.. Bi other Fit/patrick, who founded the Order of ■the OhfristiiUi Brothers in America. She was a native of Du'blm, liela'nd, a-nd was educated in one of the principal training colleges in England She was the first sublet, t re>eivcd in Adelaide in 1882, and made her profession in 1 88;") His En.ii pr.ee Cardinal Moran has made an an cements to fill the parish of Wollongoire;. The Rev Fwithei Phil Walsh, of St Francis' (HaymarkeU, and the Re\ . Father Jo.i n Byine, of Wollongo'ig, exchange places The Rev. Father Oun'mne;, who has just returned from atmp to Europe, goes hack to his old parish of Cootna The Rev. Father Ho^an, of Manly College, has been appointed to assist at Moiunt Carmel The Rev Father O' Gorman, of .^ooina, i« in very delicate health, and will probably recpii/' c a trip to recuperate. Tihe Rev Father Bvrne, assistant at Mount Carmel, is at pre^clnt on a holiday. Mr W Redmond, M.P., received a very enthusiastic reception on his \ isit to Brisbane. On crossing the border he was jmnided with a special car and a free pasis o\er the State laihvays by the Queensland Government At Toow oomba, Wmwick, an.l Ipswich hn was greeted with addresses 1 of welcome by leading representatives of the Irish community in Queensland. Cn the arrival of tho train in Brisbane there va*i a igreat crowd, representing the Hibernian and Gaelic Societies, and the Home Rule Association The Exhibition Building was the scene of a most enthusiastic meeting on Monday evening, February 27, when Mr. Redmond up ok a (in Home Rule. Tihe Hon. T O'Sullnan, M.L.C , presided, many merMbers of Parliament and other prominent citiyetns filling the platform, including Messrs'. Kidston, Airey, ond Kerr, Ms.P. Mr. Redmond had a magnificent reception, the large assemblage standing and cn^rln^ again anQ again.