Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 17, 26 April 1906, Page 9

Irish News

ANTRIM— A Mission to Australia In the course of an address in the National Hall, Belfast, to the Executive) of the United Irish League Mr. Devlin said : I have come here to say good-bye to the members of the organisation and to my friends and colleagues in the National movement in this city. It is some tame ago since 1 was invited by Mr. Redmond, as the chairman of the Irish Party and President of the United Irish League, to go to Australia on a mission to the Irish race in that great continent, hut owing to the intervention of the general election and other pressing public work in the country, I found myself unable to accede to that request until now. Feeling that this pressure of public work and public engagements would be much less urgent during the ensuing few months, I, with Mr. J. T. Donovan, consented to accept the commission oE the National Directory to proceed to Australia for a short period in order to thank our fellow-countrymen in the Southern Hemisphere for all the loyalty which they have shown to the Irish cause in Ihe past and for the ever-con-sistent generosity and public spirit which they have manifested for Ireland in recent years. ARMAGH — Cardinal Logue in Rome Cardinal Logue, Archbishop of Armagh, was received in private audience by the Holy Father in the early K part of March. His Eminence conversed with the Pope in Italian. His Holiness evinced the greatest interest in the Cardinal's impressions of Venice, and inquired in a most affectionate manner about Ireland, saying he was glad to hear such a good report of the religious state of the country. DONEGAL— Lenten Pastoral The Lenten Pastoral of the Right Rev. Dr. O'Donnell, Bishop of Kaphoe, was pinned in Irish as well as in English. DUBLIN— Death of a Jesuit The dcaith is reported of a distinguished Irish Jesuit in the person of the \ cry Rev. Father John Moore, which occurred at San Francisco consequent on a sudden attack of appendicitis. r l he deceased was a native of Dublin, iand was 52 } ears of age. His early life was spent under the guaruuttiship oi an uncle, who for over fifty years was the parish priest of Clondaluin. In 1878 he went to California, subsequently returning to Ireland, being attached to Gardiner street church and doing misyionaiy duty all over the country. He volunteered for India iu"l8!)t>, for the College of Mangalore, which urgently needed a professor in English customs and language. The effect of the climate on his health was very severe, and he thought to return to Dublin, but was unable to do so. He spent some time in Egypt, but (quite recently arrhed at San Francisco, where at the community house of St. Joseph's he passed peacefully away. A Garrison Institution A correspondent of the ' Freeman's Journal ' expresses the hope that Mr. Swift MacNeill may continue his efforts as a Liberal Protestant in exposing the intolerance that is practised towards Catholics in the lower ranks cf the army. With regard to the Hibernian Military School, he says that ' not a single post of emolument or trust in the whole School, from the office of Commandant down to that of gate-keeper, is held by a " Papist." The following list of billets, which are all tenanted by non-Catholics, will give some idea of how exclusively this Irish school is garrisoned by the superior Briton in the Irish metropolis — Commandant, Quartermaster, Quartermaster-Sergeant, Head Master, Head Schoolmistress, Bandmaster, Ser-geant-Major, Master Tailor, Master Carpenter, Master Drummer, Master Shoemaker, Orderly Room Clerk, Lodgekeeper.' GALW AY— -Death of a Dominican News has been received in Galway of the death at Rome of Very Rev. .Father Costello, 0.P., whose long residence in the Eternal City made him known to so many, while his knxidness and readiness to oblige endeared him to all. Costello came of an old and highly respectable Galway family, members of which have distinguished themselves in various walks of life in France and England, as well as at home. He was born in 1824, and at an early age entered the Dominican Order and went to Italy for his novitiate and studies, taking there his degree in theology. Returning home, he first worked on the mission for some years in Leicester, and afterwards in the Convents of

St. Mary's, Cork, and St. Saviour's, Limerick, until 1865, when, health failing, he was sent to Lisbon and afterwards to San Clementi, Rome, where he died. KERRY— Death of a Doctor Dr. L. S. Griffin,- resident medical superintendent of Killarney District Asylum, died under operation in London recently. LIMERICK— Irish Manufacture At Limerick Petty Sessions a summons brought by John Frawley, a member of the Limerick Industrial Association, aigfainst an outfitter in Lamerick, for a breach af the Merchandise Marks Act by selling as Irish manufacture a cap which was English manufacture, was dismissed because action had not been taken within six months of! the date of the ca,tise of action. A Coming- Evil In opposing an increase in the doctors' salaries in Limerick Union, which was carried by 42 votes to 32, Mr. Patrick Burke said officialism was the coming curse of the country, 'and if this kind of thing went on it would take the place of landlordism. LONGFORD— PapaI Honor His Holiness Pope Pius X. has been pleased to confer the title and dignity of Monsignor upon the Very Rev. Canon O'Farrell, Ardagh, County Longford. MONAQHAN— The Lace Industry Some three years ago the Rev. W. O'Doherty, Ematris, County Monagihan, established a lace class to give much-needed employment to the girls of the parish, and its success has been wonderful. The net turnover for the first year was £1310, and the turnover for thq pasti year was £3250. In the month of January this year alone the girls earned over £530. A Centenarian On March 2 the remains of a woman named Rachel Garrow, Cormeen, aged 103, were laid to rest at Ballyalbany, Monagihan. The deceased, who was all her life a strong and healthy woman, was only complaining a short time prior to her death. She competed at the Monaghan Show in last September in the spinning competition, and succeeded in capturing first prize, as she had done on the previous years of the show. Her performance at the wheel at ihe show was watched with keen interest by large numbers. QUEEN'S COUNTY— Death of a Priest Ab Ballmakill, (Queen's Couniy, on February 21, the Key. James Connolly, a highly esteemed priest of the diocese of Kildare and Leighlin, died at tho age of 65. His death was deeply regretted by the people of his native diocese. TIPPERARY— The Soidier's Reward Another of those disagreeable Avorkhouse stories (says the London ' Daily News ') comes from Roscrca, in the County Tiuperary, iwhere Martin Fogherty, a Crimean soldier, has died at the age of 75. If the story told of Fogherty's career is correct, as no doubt it is, he deserved better of his country than death in the workhouse. Serving in a toot regiment, Fogherty performed the truly remarkable teat of fighting throughout the Crimean campaign without being as much as a day on the sick list. Having regard to the hardships undergone by the troops in that campaign, Fogherty must be supposed to have had an iron constitution. He atterwiards served through the Indian Mutiny. And now he has died in a workhouse, where, it is said, he had lived for several years. There were prosecutions in Ireland recently for the circulation of pamphlet*'ag,ainsti recruiting in that country. It may occur to the authorities that one such case as that of Martin .Fogherty, the Crimean veteran, dying in the Roscrea Workhouse, is a more poiaerful anti-recruiting argument than any pamphlet could put forward. GENERAL The King: and St. Patrick's Day The King again ordered a supply of shamrocks for Buckingham Palace on St. Patrick's Day trom the Violet and Shamrock Farm at Cullinamore, County Sligo. Intermediate Education Whatever criticism the system ol Irish Intermediate Education may deserve (s*ays the 'Freeman's Journal'), it cannot be denied the tribute of having attracted the confidence of the Intermediate Schools. This year's entries for the examinations constitute another record. The total is 11, tJb'ffv a^ increase of 1379 on the figures for 1905, which themselves represented an increase ol 1122 on the figures for 1904. " '

The Rector of the Irish College For the second tiiue since the foundation of its Institute of Higher Mnl/c-sophy tine Lmversity of L,ouvain has conieuicd an honorary doctorate in this science. The recipient of Hi s so marked distinction is tiie Very Rev. Dr. O'Kiordan, Rector of the Irish Coilege. Italy and Ireland The King of Italy the other day received in private audience Count Salazar, Italian Consul m Dublin. Mis Majesty displayed much m, crest in Ireland's condition, which the Count described as flourishing.. The King also inquired as to the lace and linen which will be sent to lYnUn .hxhiuition. Italy will be represented at the Intc national h,xhiLfition m Dublin, 190?. Church Property Insurance 'ihe itollowing is the fourth annual report of the Irish Catholic Church i rjporty Insurance Company :— The directois be.s to rej ort that, alter payment of reinsurances, the income^ U the company lor the year lUOS was £3879 Us lid. 'i he payments for fire losses amounted to £20(j l!)s td, Ue general expendituie to £'7E9 12s 4d, and the directois' icos tc £25U, making a total of £IiBG lls lOd, 'ai.d Laving a surplus of £2G, l ) 2 18a I'd. Out ot this suri L.b the directors have allocated £500 to Payment of dividend on the raid-up capital of 5 per cent, tor the ye^r. Ihey recommend that the balance ot £31; '2 18s Id be placed to the oixdit of reserve, v Inch will then stand at £61i)G lls -Id. The Emigration Evil Tne niah Jtiie.arc.hy have issued a joint pastoral condemning eu.Kua. on, and tluse .\ no do emigrate aro caut.o.icd ac^i.isi t.ie dangeis oi pxou: scuous acquaintance m traveling. In the com; eoi the pastoral the liisnops. say. i' or many yevus past the saddest aspect oi int.il aitans lias been ie-i ccu-ci in tlk- stream of emigration from e>ery pait of the cuunuy. Hez.ce, on lxioie than one occasion, \,e iia\ c publicly appcaleu to our young people hot to ailJv* them.-xt.es to be alluicd by ene em.cmiuits v.vi \ inch kiteis trom Amcnca a.c so ire.,,, entl/ i.llod, to ic:h into the clangers ot lue in toreiL.ii cities, v. lure tco omn the measure of slice s till, t r sh if oi die lv h expectations of the eiuig-iaiiL, cind a co iS cleiv. i,L [iu;:oriun uf those who leave us Uo nit sucee d at all. m tin, earnest advice the Le.it Li. -ids ot our ,e>\ Id cm the other side oi the Atlantic have n,t L.iLd to c\pnss their complete concurrence. Hut sti 1 tic ]iai:.s o( national exhaustion continues almo. t uua'ate 1 , a-id whilst it is i.ot our present purpo. c to uv«cli in t. c pressing need of utilising the laid and tic cthei resources of the country so as to empi ,y tho jcjj ie i.t home, or to insist on the extent to vvii.ch ca a 1- Irishmen charged with responsiliny aid 1 rtiin-d v.nh mean's and authority to open up the i^tive sources of wealth, could find a remedy for ihs rum im depiction in the existing state ot things the dj.y dc. elves upon us of warning jouthful en'i t r:utj .-gainst certain perils, which, though n->t l her nj n oin-riation, have been only too frequently a so i .tci v.ith it m the past. A Local Veto Bill The text of iUi. V,';:ii~m Redmond's Intoxicating Liquors Local \cto (ird-.iu; Lili h. t s been ssued. The measure is bacucJ by .i i. ij.Lu.d, i\Jr. Joyce, Mr. Smith, Mr. O'Miau Ihu^sy, h,r 'i hemas Esmonde' Mr' Ulendimung;, an-i Jir. hu ko.l. Jl consists of fourteen clauses, and opens with t, c preamble (.—• Whereas the tralhc in vntoxioating lkiuois is one of the main causes ot poverty, oisease, ai d crime, depresses trade and commerce, mcre.ises 1 c:.l taxation, and endangers the satety and \veiL\fe oi the commui.ity ; and whereas it is expedient lo confer povvcis upon local government electors in warns, m com.y boiuughs, in urban districts, and in ri'tal Ui&tacts m Jrcland to prohibit and control such tra ac, bo it, therefore, enacted,' etc The measure proposes to en power one-tenth cf the voters in any district to o'tun a pell as to whether (1) the sale of intoxicating li-m ors be prohibited, or (2) the number of liccn-xs be re meed, or (3) no additional licenses (tyj grantrd. 'i he ic-sull of the poll would be conclusive, subject to a tvo-thirds majority Land Sales By a return Usvc\ ]y the Land Commission it appears that the applications for advances to the end of October numbered 73,981, ard the amount applied for to £28,127,220. In addition £'580,457 had been applied for for 2431 sales under the old Acts and to the Congested Districts Board. The latter Board had also applied for £540,522 for the purchase of 49 estates of which eight hid been purchased, at a cost of £170,421 The total amr'-nt applied for under all the Acts 'was therefore £29,257,1<J9.