Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 18 October 1906, Page 35

Intercolonial

. . ... +, , The death is reported 'of Mr. D. , F. Dennehy, a veteran journalist on ■ the staff of < Melbourne -'.Advocate.' Mr.. Denehy, who - was, in bis * 60th year at the time of his death,, was a native of .Cork; ,. and came to Australia at avyery early age. He was an active, zealous" journalist and a' good type -of .the patriotic Irishman and devout Catholic. s: ■ " His Grace Dr. Kelly, CoadjutoivArch'bishop of Sydney, laid the foundation stone of the' new convent at Brewarrina on Sunday, September 30. Notwithstanding the indifferent' weather, Brewarrina .turned out en masse to meet his Grace, and,, laid_ £200 on the foundation. ..stoner His Lordship Bishop Dunne, of Wilcannia, the - Rev. Father Carroll (Biewarrina), and the "Rev. Fathers Killian (Boiirke^, and Hughes (Co>bar), assisted at the. ceremonies. , ' r ••*"_ ~ On Wednesday, September 26, at Armidale an address, accompanied with a handsomely-bound. ' Catholic Encyclopaedia," was presented, to £tight^ Rev. Mgr. Corcoran to commemorate the honor conferrea on him by the Pope in making him a Domestic Prelate. The following priests of the. diocese "-were present : Rev Fathers J. King, C. Smiers, J. Hanlon;~T. Sheehy, P. Magratfa, T» Harrington, and. the Vlery ? Rev. Father Guerrini, who in felicitous terms proposed the health" of Monsighor Corcoran. „. In the course, of ah address .in opening a .bazaar at St. John's Church, - East - Melbourne, the Archbishop of Melbourne alluded to the agitation against all forms of drink and gambling. Dr." Carr, in - the course of his remarks, said f— Those were not wise who tried to 'uproot nature with "a, fork, rather "than. guide and direct it. along -safe-*paths. In the former case it would return, and,, freed from- safe control^ would seek indulgence in excess. This was his reply. to" those who said that, admitting the morality-- of games of chance and ■ small raffles when conducted, on safe lines,, .still we should, for the good.of "''others," suppress and sacrifice even what was in itself lawful. The good of others required- temperate zeal, and it was only such zeal that would suggest a practical remedy for the admitted and widespread evUs of unlawful gambling. .There were people, too, whp sought to put down by force of law all traffic in intoxicating drink. ..Such* attempts would result in worse than failure, and would lead to secret traffic, and to practices at present -unknown in well-conducted hotels. • - The news of the death of the Right Rev. Dr. Amandus Lamaze, S.M., Vicar-Apostolic of Central Oceanica, was received in Sydney recently. t His, Lordship died at Maof aga, the head mission in ' the Tongan group. He had been ailing for some time; and-recent-ly he was practically an invalid, '• though as Hate as three years ago he -was .able to say Mass and perform other duties. In" 1903 he found that . ins health was beginning to fail, and it was necessary to have a Coadjutor to assist him in his arduous, work. He applied "for one, and the Very Rev. Father Olier, then Provincial of. the Marist "Fathers in Australia and _ Oceanica, who was at one time a missionary, under Bishop Lamaze, was elected on the unanimous vote of "the priests of the vicariate. Dr. Olier, who was consecrated Titular Bishop of Tip_aza in St. Mary's Cathedral by his Eminence Cardinal Moran, on April 17," 1904, is now returning from his visit ad limina -to -Rome, and is expected to arrive in Sydney shortly.- ~-.Dr. Lamaze was 73 years of agej and had been for - 44 years a member of the Society of Mary-. >>•_.'■ The Sydney ' Freeman's Journal ' of October 6 reports that Mr, Joseph Devlin, M.P.,.had just- concluded a series of most successful meetings in" North Queensland, including large gatherings in Townsville, Mackay, Charters Towers, Cairns, Mareeba, and Chillagoe. . The financial outcome of , these meetings realised. over- £lOOO. During the same, time Mr. Donovan was holding very successful meetings in the northern districts of New South Wales. On Saturday last Doth delegates . Were to address a meeting at Newcastle, after which 'they were to visit Armidale, Hillgrove; - Glen Innes; , Tenterfield, and Bathurst, the programme occupying' the whole of October. Meetings are to be held in and around Sydney during the early part; of November, and the delegates are expected to accompany Ms Eminence Cardinal' Moran to Goulbuin on . Saturday, November 17. The Bishop of Goulburn (the .Right Rev. Dr. Gallagher) will' arrange for a public demonstration in connection with the opening of the~ Kenmore Orphanage,after which Messrs. Devlin and Donovan wilh.-.. continue their No. 2 tour through- the Goulburn districts, end--ing on the Victorian border at the close of November.