Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 11 October 1906, Page 35

Intercolonial

Rev. .J. J. Malone, P.P. (Daylesford); will leave in January next on a twelve months-t rip to Europe. Father Fitzgerald, O.F.M.', in a> -letter to a;, friend-, says that in G-alway he.met '-Father "Master son, ~S".J. f who is much improved in health. ', . - . . • Tlhe Catholic schools (says the Sydney ♦ Freeman'), are strongly represented in the Crown appointed for the country circuits this month. Thus ': Patrick Kinchela White, Dubbo ; Andrew Robert' James Watt, Lismore ; John Daniel Fitzgerald, Bathurst. The plans of the new Catholic church at • Naran- ", dera are in the hands of Father Gray,- and the ini-. tial portion' of the work will shortly 'be commenced." The building, when completed, is estimated"- to~ cost' between £6000 and £7000. " ..'! His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne concluded his visit to Bendigo by laying the foundation-stone" of the new Catholic school of St. Joseph's, Quarry Hill. The funds are being provided out of the estate of the late Dean. Backhaus. The Archbishop delivered an important address on the Education question, 1 -""" 1 '" The Misses Tobin, of Alma road, St. Kilda; ~have < handed to his Grace the Archbishop of> Melbourne "the sum of £50 in fulfilment of a wish of their father, the late Mr. Andrew Tobin, who had expressed his intention of contributing that amount to the' fund for :th« liquidation of the debt on the Cathedral Hall. His Eminence Cardinal Moran. recently launched a new 12 horse-power motor boat for" the' Sisters of St. Joseph's Boys' Orphanage, Kincumber, in the presence of a large gathering of clergy and' laymen. " The boat cost £500. After his Eminence had blessed the~ boat and named her the 'San Jose,' a trial trip was made, and everything proved satisfactory. -■ - There died, in Brisbane the other day Mr. Michael Martin, who was born in 1833 at the foot of - - the Galtees. He remembered the horrors of the famine," and was an eye-witness to the terrible tragedy in Kilclooney wood, when Peter O'Neill Crowley was shot" by the police, who were endeavoring to arrest him for a political offence. Among the successful candidates at - the recent music examinations in Northam (says- the • W.A. 'Re^cord ' ) was Veronica Daily, aged only nine years,' who "■ secured 99 marks out of a possible 100. She gained - the highest number of marks at the examination heldin Northam, and was educated by the Sisters of the St. Joseph's Convent. By the latest mail Monsignor Long (Administrator of Bathurst diocese) received intimation from Rome (says the ' Freeman '.) that his Holiness the Pope has conferred the degree of D.D. on the Rev. J. -J Brophy, L.L.8., of Dubbo. Father Brophy^-or, as", we must call him now, Dr. Brophy— is already' -qualified to practise at the Bar ; will, we believe, soon be", qualified to practise in medicine ; and the Divinity ■degree makes him perhaps the best academicaHy-eqfuipy ped gentleman in Australia. And he* is as modest as he is learned. At Goodna, Queensland, on Sunday morning, September 16, Mr. John Byrne, the oldest man -in - the, Commonwealth,' died at his residence, at the- sage ''Si 108 years. His death was somewhat sudden.. Despite his great age; his mental faculties were sound" up to the last, and he was always able .to converse intelligently on topics of the day. The' late Mr. Byrne was born in the Loughs of the -Seven Churches ," County Wicklow, Ireland, on June 8, 1798— an eventful time in the history of his native land. When 54 years of age, with his wife and family, he came out to Queensland, arriving in Brisbane on January 10 1853. • \ ' ' „ ';„_.. The meetings addressed by Mr." Devlin, 11 'M.P., in North Queensland (says the Sydney ' Freeman's~~Journal ') have been of a, most enthusiastic, charapter, and very successful Jrom ' a financial point .-of ' "view. Owjng to.: the -.niumfieiL of jeagaigemeri-ts remaining .to -be Anlfilled in r .New South' Wales ; Mr;. Don^van^was unable 'to! accompany" Mr. Devlin beyond^, Rockhampton. "During", the latter I'part .of September- JVIr. Donovan, addressed, meeting's "at Murwillumbah- (where, a sum of £100 was-sul>-scribed); Lismore (£120), Casino (£6O), and other . centres. Mr. Devlin, M.P., spoke at Townsville on Sep-~ tember 12, when the subscriptions totalled over £120. On the envoys' . return to Sydney they will address meetings at St. Benedict's and. Parramatta. They are expected to return to Melbourne a/bout November 18»