After an illness extending over two years, during which time he was unable to discharge any of his sacred duties, the Rev. Father F. A. Dunham, of Holy Cross Clwirch, Wooloowin, died on March 2. The deceased priest was lr?rn in England on September 17, 1837,, and was ordained at All Hallows' College, Dublin, on Jane 14, 1863. He was 1 engaged in mission work in Livenpooi for some seveoi years, and arrived in Brisbane in 1871. D :iin» his fatal illness at Abbosttord, some pi Sir Walter Scott's last conscious words were those of one of tdip great hymns of the Church, the ' Dies Irae.' His Abbotsforicl now belongs to Catholics. The Hon. Mrs. Maxwell-Seat t tells in a current issiue of tne ' Catholic World ' that after young Sir Waltes's death it devolved on her uivle, Walter Lockhart, son of Sir Walter's eldest daughter, and Mr. J. G. Lockhart. On hisi early death the place came to his mlother, who married Mr. James Hope. They were converts. In accordance with the terms of Sir Walter's will, they added Scott to their name. MYI-JHS & CO., Dentists, Octagon, corner of George Street, 'i hey guarantee the highest class of work at moderate fees. Their artificial teeth give general satisfaction, and the fact of them supplying a temporary denture while the gums are healing does away with the inconvenience of being months without teeth. They manufacture a single artificial tooth for Ten Shillings, and sets equally moderate. The administration of nitrous oxide gas is also a great boon to those needing the extraction of a t00th....
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 12, 23 March 1905, Page 31
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264Untitled New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 12, 23 March 1905, Page 31
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