Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 13 September 1906, Page 35

Intercolonial

By 'Volt*

, Mr. Alexander Juett, the 1905 Rhodes Scholar" for West Australia, an . ex-pupil of the Christian Brothers, left the other day for Oxford University. When Mr. Donovan, the Irish. envoy, wast entering the hall at a Home Rule meeting ~in a country town he was tapped oh the. shoulder by a seedy-looking individual (says the ' Gundagai Independent ').- A few minutes' conversation disclosed the man's identfty — he was the professor in classics at' the college which Donovan attended some years ago. A brilliairH, scholar and an only son,- he suddenly disappeared from his position- a few years ago, and nothing had been heard of him till he accosted, one of his old pupils in a small Australian country town the other day. He has" spent his time in Australia working-at odd jobs, and is now -off to- a big western shearing-shed to take a pen. Under the . will of the late John Lalor, of Yarra- | wonga (Vie), the following -charitableNmstitutions are .entitled to claim bequests :— Sisters of Mercy, Yarra- ! wonga, £284 7s -9d ; Little Sisters of the Poor, Northcote, £568 15s 5d ; Wangaratta Hospital, £189 |- 11s lOd ; St. Vincent's Hospital; Melbourne, £94 15s t lid ; "Sisters of St. Joseph,:. Surrey Hills, '£s6B 15s 5d ; Foundling - Hospital, Broadmeadows, £189 11s lOd ; Nuns, of the Good Shepherd, Abbotsford, £189 lls lOd ; Corowa Hospital, £47 Bs'; Mansfield Hospital, " £95 15s- lid ; Beechworth Hospital, £189 lls 10d,. ' -••:.-. "On the "evening - of " August 27 the Rev. Father Hearn was- presented with an illuminated address and a purse of sovereigns in the Town Hall, Tenterfield, on the' ocoasion of his departure from the district, owing to- failing health. . The Mayor (Aid. Juergens), on behalf of the Protestant community, expressed regret at the departure of Father Hearn from Tenterfield. He- was a man -whom all- liberal-minded Protestants - respected. They would miss his^geniaL._ smile and" happy greetings in, the street, for no matter "what a man's creed he would always hold out to him the hand of friendship. The Irish envoys,. Messrs. Devlin, M.P,, and Donovan, arrived . in Brisbane from Sydney on Monday, , August 27, and Were accorded ' a civic reception -by the- Mayor and citizens. In the afternoon-the delegates visited Nudgee College, where they Were - presented with an address . and £50 towards the Home Rule Fund .by the pupils. A meeting was held in the.. . Exehibition Building in the, evening, . which was very - largely attended. Addresses were delivered-by Messrs. . Devlin, and Donovan, and Mr. Blair, the AttorneyGeneral, in- -the absence of the Premier, moved the following; resolution :— ' That' this— meeting, in welcoming Messrs. Devlin and Donovan, pledges .itself to give both,- moral and. financial support- to the Irish .Parliamentary Party in- their magnificent efforts* to sedure that long delayed measure of* justice — self-government for Ireland, the granting of which we are convinced would result- as in Canada and Australasia, in strengthening and consolidating the British Empire.' Mr. John Leahy,- M.L.A., seconded. ,tW resolution, which was carried unanimously. A subscription list was "opened, and the . sum .of .over, £400 was handed in. ? --, - . ..... In the course of an interview with a ' S. M. Herald" reporter his Eminence Cardinal Moran referred to . : the local attacks on "Home Rule in letters to the press. 'His Eminence said that what amused Trim ' was the way some few people seemed to regard "the Home Rule movement as a "disloyal one calculated to tear the . Empire asunder. A writer;- in one of the newspapers recently had dealt with a speech, delivered by Mr. Devlin, the Irish envoy, in America, as if it were an evidence .< of the gentleman's determination to take by^force what it ' was really hoped, would come about fey peaceful'" and constitutional' means. It should be remembered that Mr. "Devlin's- speech, was. delivered, on a" 1 peculiar occasion, and to ah audience composed largely of what he might call, the- fighting element in the -American Home Rule movement.. That element- thought perhaps . they might gain by force of arms .what; they - desired, but no. sensible man in Ire- . land, and, least of all, Mr.- Devlin, had any such ideas - or - cherished such sentiments. Mr. Devlin's _" speech was^- aimed at disarming that element, not en-coura-ging-ft. He had merely tried' to -lead them right,, and make them understand .the constitutional method . of getting what they desired.*' His Eminence reviewed the change in sentiment in favor of Home ■Rule of laiie years, and said that no sensible man believed that the cause, of Home Rule could be won by lighting.

5