Irish News

New Zealand Tablet, 22 November 1906, Page 27

Irish News

-- ">>- *■"- --■' -♦ '■ - r: — ' ' ANTRIM— A Belfast Nationalist ; j:^ ._■ The death is announced of Mr. James Johns/^Mrtof- " Belfast, an, Ulster Protestant who never wavered!" in his }■ belief that the only /solution- of the ills of Ireland s was the reopening of the Irish Parliament. Mr./"Johnston was a very successful tea .merchant, and 'was a Justice of the. Peace for Belfast." He was a Presby- ' terian elder and greatly respected in his Church. "He " never obtruded his politics on anybody ; but, whether v' the National cause was in smooth water or in < jio'Hg'h":' he remained constantly tiue to his principles 'ast"aii Irishman. He was just; the kind of man, ' indeed^-tffati is needed so much in the North— a man who can? • see - the Irish difficulty steadily and who can see it jw.hole', - and who has the courage to live up to his 1 convictions. The name of James Johnston, of Belfast^- ■ should be remembered with respect by all Irish' Nat- -' ionalists. -' CARLOW— A serious Fire On October 1 the drapery establishment of Mr" Boake at Carlo w, and the fancy establishment ■of Misses Baily adjoining were destroyed by fire. CLARE— A Millionaire The ' Pall Mall Gazette ' states that Mr. Daniel CDay, the famous Irish- American oil king, who died in a remote watering place in France, must have left as much as £iO,<;00,000. When a year old, Mr O'.Day was taken from the \iilage of Kildysart, County Clare, to America, by his parents, who settled as pioneer farmers al Elliotsville, near Buffalo. He named his country place at Allenhurst, N. J., after his native village, ' Kildysart.' CORK— Not likely to be Successful The Most Rev. Dr. O'Callaghan, Bishop of Cork, was present at the distribution of prizes at St. Vincent's schools, Si. jHary's road, Cork. He said no attempt to introduce in Ireland a mixed and godless Mlucation would be successful. DONEGAL— Christian Principles The Bishop and clergy of the diocese of Rapboe, assembled in conference lit Letterkenny, adopted unanimously t-he following resolution :— ' Thatj at the approach of the autumn session, we deem it opportune to record our gratification at the 'defence of Christian principles in primary education which the Irish party maintained in Parliament during the early part of the year. In face of gLcat diiliculties they proclaimed the demands of right and justice with a frankness, ability, and wisdom that the representatives of no Catholic nation have at any time surpassed. Their action is a record of permanent value to Ireland, and it has not failed to produce a marked impression on every section ' of the population of Great Britain. Mr. Redmond and the Irish party were battling for their own when they strove to uphold the rights of the children of Irish parents in the schools of England ; and we are confident that they will leave nothing undone to prevent any Bill passing into law with the intolerable provisions the Education Bill at present contains. As regards Ireland, we heartily endorse the policy of submitting any scheme of (tovenunent reform to the test, whether that scheme makes for native government and leaves intact the efficiency of a party whose efficiency is of paramount importance to Ireland until Home Rule ,is secured." DOWN— The Future Mr. T. W. Russell, speaking in Belfast recently, on the occasion of a presentation to Mr James Wood, late M.P. for East Down, asked his audience to think of the last five and thirty jears ! The Episcopal Church renewed in vigor and usefulness by disestablishment and partial disendowmenit, landlordism sentenced to death. -Jusb imagine it~£70,000,000 worth of 'land eithfer sold or' applied for under' old and 'new Acts, and the landlords racing to be confiscated ! - Localgovernment committed to xho people without any of' those disastrous consequences which Lord Salisbury feared. All this within a" few yearsv And they remembered what was to take place, the ruin that -was to follow upon every reform. Could they not look forward, therefore, with patience and hope, with' strength and confidence to - the future ? Ho said * that they could and they . .ought •to .do so., The race 'hatred, the irreligious feeling, the acerbity l wh:ch" had marked so much of their public life in the * past' could not ultimately" be maintained. It ought" ' not "to bemaintained. Ireland was fifty years behind England, 'and

Scotland' in; Educational, matters. She was far behind -in oilier things, and .if- they - W ere to live as a "nation ■\\ «™ people- are to 1 have, a chance^ in -the \world, they must get rid of this'Codious 'spirit. They" must', -..whilst children of - a -jjre*!, .Entire,- .be Irishmen; .they , must work -J first , -last for -"the- 'country .to - which they ought ■ to- give / their- best .thoughts •■ ami service • ana the present Etouse of . Commons would take this view of- irish business^apd'Uxish duty; -T DUBLlN— Blackrock ;Cplle^e £*>$/ nmi^7^ nS r th^ su T cc essful candidates- *at the recent examination for the Indian- Civil Service is a Blackrock Collego pupil, Mr James Sweeney, B.A. He 1 obtained* his entire education ifi.-.ttiat famous institution, which, lie £nn 7?*ri a .^L.^s* 011 a preparatory grade-exhibi-tion theie in ISQj, a junior grade exhibitioir4n : 'lß9B, a middle grade exhibition in 189yf.;: ? wiiich .he retalnedan - -the senior grade -in- 19UU. -In 1902^ he won a classical scholarship in the -Royal University, and graduated '& ..1904, taking first place in. Classics at the "B-A'-ex- ' ?| r it 11 P na o^°Tv^-t lhat n y f ai: ; :: -^houg-h; fitted against^he C ,« e °* * • ml ?' . Oxforfl . amr Cambridge,' "he has- now succeeded m; winning, one of the most SoVeted positions in the Civil Service. U^waS Us" first- trial, too" 'a fact which makes the -performance all^he' more creditable to the pupil and to -hS- teachers, alike. ' .- Death of Monsignor Molloy In this city and surrounding neighborhood (writes a Dublin correspondent) . the ' painfulfy .udden" death of f^fvL^ V< M f\ s AS^ -Molloy, .rector of -the, Catholic University, and \ ice-Chancellor of the Royal UniverV dViP^oL l earn ye?v c ? lth V niversal regret. Deceased was a delegate to Aberdeen in connection with the Univerj sity celebration, and was the guest of Mr. James Hutch mson manager of the North of Scotland Bank during his visit He retired to bed at an early hour on Sunday mgnt, requesting to be called at seven o clock on Monday morning, but at that hour the alarming discovery of his sudden death was made The ?» aa {!i- ? ews , was wired fco his Grace h « ArchbißhoD of Dublin by the Right Key. Dr. Chisholm, Bishop 2 Aberdeen, who, needless to say, was greatly distressed o mIS occurrence. Monsignor Moljoy was born aI. Mount Tallant House, near Dublin, in 1834 His 2 v]y *^cation was received at Castleknock College, whence he went to Waynooth College, where he had a \eiy distinguished career. At the age of 23 he was iaStkS c if ro * essor ol TheoloßT in the* celebrated ecclesiastical college a position which he filled with great credit until 1871 when he became Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Catholic University. In 1882 lie succeeded the late Dean Neville of Cork as rector of t he of ihfTv , In r tliesa r year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Lniversity of Ireland. He was a member of the Council of the Royal Dublin Society for many lecturer's w« WaS ,° ne °f the Society's most popular lectureis. He was learned m many sciences, and was ' a Si ft au^onty on applied electricity and the wireless telegiaphy of Marconi. Mgr. Molloy wrote several books, chief among them being ' Geology and Revela}s£• P < U A h T ed I' 1 187 ° ; J Gleanil 'Ss in Science,' in w|?,' in^^S w^eS "o? nSLTj? KERRY— A Memorial ™- A , me " 101 -: ial *o the officers and men of the Royal iJvpflr? T lli n rS Who h\llh \ ll " Ul South Africa > "as been on, nf a lllan ' e >;- ..Tho memorial, 'which takes the foim of a large Celtic cross of carved limestone bearing bronze tablets, was unveiled by the Earl of ifTcTtUnSam^ assisted Dr - B ™^> D.5.0.,-Bisho°p KILDARE— A Distinguished Visitor „- In the early part of October Lady Russell of Killowen was on a visit to her sister, Lady Gi lbe?t Iho Irish writer, better known as « RoßaR oBa Mulhol and '• a? her picturesque old home in County Kildare Before returning to England,- Lady ■ Russell- was to visit Newry with which her husband; "the -late Lord RuS of Killowen, was st) closely associated. LIMERICK— White Gloves for the Judge At the Limerick. Ciliy sessions on October ], and at the County Quarter sessions on the following day Judge Adams was presented with white gloves thprP being no criminal cases for trial. ' s^vlj., xneie Death of a Popular Resident •■« .-' The death -took" place -du September 5 of Mr W H Lyons, Groom Castle, father of the late lamented Spencer Lyons, one of the- most .respected' Gaels in .Ireland. At a special meeting of the Limerick County

Board on September;- 5, a: .vqJs,- of.-a condolence, on themotion of „■ Miv; P.- J;HVUasesr,7f seconded:; ",by -Mr P O'Reilly, was "'passed' with tffe'-family of "tM -late Mr. Lyons in their bereavement. Instructing the Farmers J ' -- " : At a recent-meeting of the -County .Limerick" Agricultural committee; 'Mr. R. Coll, J.P., proposed that' £200 be -devoted to the, training .J)i- farmers,- >so that they should have all the profit which should' be theirs out of the Irish butter trade. The person appointed ' m addition to "instructing the farmers as to manufacture, marketing,- "etc.-, should .-*"- also -act /as- organiser and point out to the farmer* - the "great- advantages from co-operation. He looked upon co-operation as the salvation of the _ country": They would- not, as things went, get twenty larmeis who could tell them how -many gallons of milk would make a pound of butter. The farmers' proiits were at; present largely- going to the middleman. Death of a Prominent Citizen The death has' taken place at^ his - residence, 'The Crescent,' Limerick, ol Mr. 3ohn Clune, J.P., tobacco manufacturer, in his fifty-sixth year, after a lingering illness. Mr. Clunc was a v<^y successful business man and was for neaily twenty years a memibcr of the Limerirk Corporation. He was also a member of other local boards, and was made a Magistrate some sixteen years ago. MAYO— Dedication of a Church On Sunday, September 30, his Grace, the Archbishop of Tuam solemnly dedicated a new church just erected in Mulrany, and preached an eloquent sermon to a large congregation. Having congratulated the clergy and people of the district on the completion of tho sacred edifice, he pointed out that it was God and not man who selected the site 'for a church. When they spoke of the Church in its' full sense, they did not mean the material building, but the Church with all its spiritual equipment and with the fountain of regeneration, where the children of - the faithful were baptised and the stains of original sin swept away. Death of a^well-known lady Tho death Jof Mrs. Catherine Devine, Carracastle, County Mayo, being unexpected, came as a very painful shock to relatives and friends. At the Requiem High Mass there was a very large attendance of the clergy, some thirty-live of them being present. The celebrant was her son, Rev. A. Devine (formerly assistant priest at Seacombe, Cheshire). The remains were interred in the family Imiial ground, Carracastle, in the presence of a large gathering of mourners. TIPPERARY— ReIigion in the Schools Speaking at the opening of a bazaar in aid of the Christian schools, Clonmel, the Rail of Donoughmore said education was something far more sincere than the mere learning of a few facts, and they could not educate people properly and lift them up as honorable, useful citizens if they divorced religion fiom the school. He was gratified to think that- there was no sign of the advocacy of such divorce in Ireland, whatever might be going on in England. WEXFORD— A Priest passes away The death occurred on October 2 of Rev. Father Fanning, a . Wexfoid priest, at St. . Vincent's Hospital, Stephen's Green, Dublin, where he was undergoing treatment for an ailment that had caused him to giv°e up duty in South Africa a year ago. Father Fanning was ordained about 31 years ago, and after a short curacy in Newtownbarry he volunteered, with other WcxfoHl priests," for missionary work in South Africa."