INTERCOLONIAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 26, 29 June 1905, Page 31

INTERCOLONIAL.

Mr. Grattan Grey, well known in New Zealand, has relinquished the editorship of the 'W. A. Record,' Perth, and was entertained at a banquet prior to his departure from Western Australia.. His Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Murphy, Archbishop of Hobart, celebrated the 91st anniversary oi his birth on Sunday, 18th inst. His Grace, who is the oHest Bishop in Christendom, is in the enjoyment of the best of health. Of recent years cattle fairs for the benefit of' religion and charity ha\e been very common on the Northern rivers. The proceeds of a cattle sale held at Kempsey, June 3, amounted to £100. The local farmers donated one beast each. In tihe presence of' a very large ajnfl rqpres'^ntati\e gathering, his Lordship Bishop Doyle laid the foundation-stone of St. Mary's Presentation Convent, Lismore, on Sunday, June 11. Over one thousand people were present. A sum of £200 was placed on the stone. The sum of £1360 had been previously collected. His Lordship l>r. Gallagher, Bishop of Goulburn, opened a new church at Kiklary on June 1. There was a large congregation, including a numtter of nonCatholics. After Mass his Lordship adhered an interestfng address. There is only a debt of £25 on the raiding, and the parishioners have resolved that this shall be cleared forthwith. All classes and creeds welcomed his Lordship Bishop Higgiins to his new See at Ballarat. His reception w. a s most imposing, and th e whole city seemed en fete. The day after his arrival he was accorded two civic receptions, at which the Mayors and aldermen of the various divisions of Ballarat expressed the:r gratification that such a distinguished ecclesiastic should have come to permanently reside among' them. A fine new Loreto convent was opened at Hamilton Victcna, on June 25, by the Right Rev Dr Hi - egins, Bishop of Ballarat. This was the first openmof a Catholic institution by his Lordship since his arrival in Ballarat. The pastor of t!,e mission is the well lnown and popular Rev. M. J. Shanahan We learn by cable message that there was a K r a nd procession from the chnrch to the new con\enf, where after the ceremony of blessing and opening, his Lordship delivnred an lmr.ressive address, in the couise of which 1 c replied to addresses presented to him by the Catholics ?f.? f . t** 5 district. The co lection on the occasion amounted to the fine sum of £700. Bishop Murray, of Maitland, whose venerable figure was conspicuous at the recent celebrations in honor of Dr. Higgijis, at Ballarat, claims to be an ardent Australian. Speaking at a civic welcome to Bishop Hißgins, Bishop Murray announced that he had held his office for 40 years, and reminded his audience that the first native-born Australian Co he made a Bishop .was Dr. Dwyer, nis Coadjutor at Maitland Dr Dwyer was a native of Albury, and he (Bishop Murray) had been instrumental in having him sent to Rome and Ireland, and had finally been very glad to have him as his assistant in the administration of the Diocese of Maitland. It has been stated that Mr. Martin McDermott who passed away recently at Bristol in his 83rd year and whose death was mentioned in the last issue in the ' N.Z. Tablet/ was the last survivor but one of the Young Ireland Party. The last survivor of the er^ ( D ayS T. the * T Cat h^ P^s') ,s, s probably the venerable Dr. Kevin Ixod O'Doherty, of Queensland, who eft his Australian home to sit for a short time in tne House of Commons in the Parliament of 18(85-1880 6 ? te ?i l °l Mr> Gladst «* l s fi«t Home Ru e wfl "^ shortly afterwards returned to Australia. ITis wife Ev a of the Nation,' is also alive, and the oiil rou.le are passing tht evening of tneir live* in Biisbane. The Australian Holy Catholic Guild celebrated the W. H n ' nl ;'Tu V ° f J tS establishment on June 8, and instead of holding the usual Communion of theft- soi£/ V! l^ Vari °i!' S P ar , ishes this <l' ia rter it wps decided that all the members of the city and suburban branches r ??i a re , cel ye Communion in a body at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. The matter was taken „„ enthusin hV ; C ,ZV"Z tIV ° n the '°"™inp. Sunday -oniine about JOO Guildmen in repjalia were present at Mass Many of the men walled five or siv miles into towrl the trams do not run during the early hours on Srnday morning-to he present at the Diamond Jubilee Co-^-munion wH;h is the first st ft^ o f the celebration, in honor of tms miinne event in the history of Catholic benefit societies in Australia. wuiouc