INTERCOLONIAL

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 50, 14 December 1905, Page 31

INTERCOLONIAL

It is proposed to erect a monument in St. Kilda Cemetery to the memory of the late Sir Bryan O'Loghlen. His Lordship the Bishop of Sale has given a subscription of £5 5s for this object. A few days ago, at Townsville, Christopher O'Connell Ffrench, the only surviving grandson of Daniel O'Connell, Ireland's Liberator, passed to his reward. Mr. O'Connell was proud of his ancestry, and he cherished many proud reminiscences of Keny's greatest son, the immortal O'Connell. The Very Rev. Father A. Boylan (Provincial of the Irish House of the Redemptorists), in company with the Very Rev. Father Thos. O'Farrell (Superior of the Order in Australia), leaves for the Philippines early next week. Their mission is one of inspection with a view to the future establishment of a community of the Redemptorists in Manila. A few weeks ago there died at Gracemere, Queenland, Miss Elizabeth Kelly. The deceased lady, according to local papers, ' was the first white female child born in Central Queensland '—being Dorn in the year 18S7. The Kelly family are the pioneers of Catholicity in the district, and the greatest sympathy is felt for them in their sad bereavement. Fathers Shiel and Plormel performed the last sacred rites over the grave iii Archer's private cemetery The Hon. J. V. O'Loghlin completed his 53rd year on November 25 (says the Adelaide ' Southern Cross '). Mr. O'Loghlin for years sat for the Northern District in. the Legislative Council, and he was Chief Secretary in the Kingston administration for the major part of its existence. During that time he conducted the Government business in the Council in a most efficient manner. Mr. O'Loghlin is believed to have ambitions in the direction of the Federal Legislature, and he would make an excellent Senator. The Rev. Father Gerald Doyle, of St. Arnaud, Victoria, has just celebrated the 25th anniversary of his ordination. The event was marked at a meeting of gentlemen at the St. Arnaud Presbytery on the occasion of the recent visit of the Bishop of Ballarat. llis Lordship Dr. Higgins presided, and warmly congratulated Father Doyle on the success that had attended his ministrations, and expressed the hope that he would be long spared to continue the good work. Father Doyle suitably responded, expressing his warmest thanks for the hearty support he had invariably received everywhere. The Month's Mind for the lale Sir Biyan O'LogJilen, Bart , X.C , was celebrated in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, on November 20. His (Trace the Archbishop of Melbourne presided, and his Lordship the Bishop of Ballarat was also present In the course of a short address the Archbishop said that the public life of the deceased statesman had a value which would remain for generations. His life had a principle, a punty, and a nobility which would stand as an example for the rising generation. His hands were absolutely pure all through his public life, and of him it could be truthfully said that he had always worn the white flower of a blameless life. The following cable was sent from Melbourne to the editor of the ' British Australasian,' London : — 'General feeling community here against misrepresentation of discredited Federal Opposition minority as cabled from antiIlome Rule meeting held Melbourne Monday. Meeting not public. Admission by ticket only, and engineered by Reidite reactionaaries, who are attempting to raise sectarian issue, all other Tory election cries being exhausted. Anti-white Australian and anti-industrial legislation speeches also made at meeting. The majority of members of Commonwealth Parliament included in, and strongly resent charges of disloyalty made by self-same speakers, who were responsible for recent disgraceful stonewall on Trades Marks Bill.