Intercblpnial

New Zealand Tablet, 27 December 1906, Page 35

Intercolonial

•Mr Brendan Gavan Duffy, who-was recently.-appoin-ted associate to Mr. Justice- Higgins, is^tlve third'son/ of Mr; Frank Gavan Dußj,'_K.C. *'*'", Rev.Fatlier Reidy, of -Albany "(West Australia'), - the •other = day. c received *a,'sick call whiclf^Vneoessitated a. journey -on. -liorsebacl{%f over. 250 miles/ '^ _.'-' The gold yield of \ietoiik= for. November was-63,409 ounces' gross, \or -55,265 ounces, frjie,- valujetfeat £237;493, being a decrease^ of 15,071, ounces as, compared with tire return , -for the previous^, Ncrvemiber. _ For the '"eleven months of -the^ year -' the _.gb»ld \ambunted to,- /7 48, 627 ounces- gifoss, or- 691, 839". .ounces fine, va1ued..at^2, 928,70(1, being an increase of 23,056 : ounces", as compared 'with ' -ihe" corresponding period of -ilast .year. -\ - '";.- v "' "• Rev. ~M. J.l Daly,^ formerly of Che- .clerical branch of the '-.. Victorian railways,- was.", on' December. 8 ordained priest ~at "St.7Patas.ck's' Cathedral, •Melbourne,- .by- the Bishop -of "• Baliaiat. There was a congregation, and subsequently a breakfast was held at S-t. Patrick',s Hall. 'The new pries I is a son of Mr-r-John Daly,who was for many- years a sergeant in the Victorian police force. ~ ' < '■ . , The Right Rev. _ Dr. J. 13. Norton was consecrated Bishop "of Port Augusta, South Australia, in- St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral on Sun-day, - December 9. His Giace Ihe Archbishop of Adelaide, Most -Rev. Dr. O'Reily, presided," and the consecrating prelate was" the Most Rev. Dr. Kelly, Coadjutor-Archbishop of Sydney.' . He was assisted by Iligh^ Rev. -Dr. Dunne, Bishop of •- "Wilcannia, and Righb Rev. Dr. Dwyer, Coadjutor-TJi'shop v of Mainland. „ v -_'_", Mr. J. J-. Caiiaghan, wh& for ' the past twenty-four „ years- has been principal of- -|he Hamilton Superior Public~-School,, received a flattering" local valedictory on the occasion of his retirement ~fro.m the. public service " through ill-health (says the Sydney ' Freeman-), , The Mayor of Hamilton (Mr. J. L.~"Cram) presided. Several presentations were made,~ the. chief being- a silver hot-water kettle to MrV and Mrs. Callaghan from the teachers, and a. silver teapot from the pupils. Mr. Callaghan- v\as presented by the staff of the infants' de- _ . partment with a silver pen and stamp box. -Mr. Callag- " han, who has been over 34 years' in the Education Department, held a very high position in the estimation -of his fellow-teachers, and' has been president of the Teachers' Association. As a Catholic citizen he has acquitted himself worthily; Mr. Callaghan is an old boy and an - old teacher of the .formative days of St. Stanislaus' College, Bat hurst, and prior" to his joining -,the Education Department was on the staff of . the ' ' Freeman.' . , -_ ' ' — ■ - The Hon.. John Meagher, -who was reported to be on Jiis way back, to • Sydney (says the '-Catholic .Press'), has changed his mind, and decided "to spend -his Christmas among the old folk- "homer His present intention is to leave Ireland "on the 28th December. For a man who is over seventy years of age, Mr. .Meagher has had a wonderful ■'holiday. He_was received ,Jjy the Pope on his -arrival -in Italy; then he toured Spa»in, and, having letters from the most influential quarters in Rome, all doors were open to him, and he attended most exclusive State ceremonies .in Madrid, , and was received by- the young King. He visited France, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and has been in Ireland for many months, crossing over to the- Continent with a pilgrimage to Lourdes.; The other day. he was one of the speakers' at a great meeting" in Dublin., of the Catholic Truth Society, presided over by Cardinal Logue. -. " The Rev. Father L. O'Keefe was presented recently by - the people of Orange, with an address and purse of sovereigns, - prior to his departure on an. extended trip to his native land. 'The purse contained 550 sovereigns. P"ather O'Keefe has been in Orange for upwards *of seventeen years. Writing of the presentation, the. Orange -Leader ' says :r-It has never been our lot to attend a more magiA/icent meeting. It was indeed a marvellous manifestation of the very sincere regard, the truly- deep affection which lay -in the hearts of the people of this district, with whom the rev. gentleman had come into' contact. The greatest honor, perhaps,, of that wonderful demonstration was the fact iliat a large percentage of the audience, and a big share of the magnificent purse of- sovereigns presented to Father -O'Keefe, represented the feelings of sincere regaud-felt . fou him by representatives of other" Churches and denominations. The meeting was a boundless and immemorial testimony to a very sterling character—and we use that last word in its fullest, broadest, and noblest - meaning. "