Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 4, 24 January 1907, Page 35

Intercolonial

The Bishop of Sandhurst^ (the Right Rev/ Dr. Reville) left recently for a trip' to' New Zealand.-*' where he intends spending a f ew>weeks.-s. . • - '.. Press cables- received in "Melbourne state- that his Holiness' the Pope has been pleased to confer a further honor on Dr. -Kenny, K.S.G., by appointing him a private chamberlain. A later message announces that- the honor confer red on Dr. Kenny { is an appointment as a member of the Papal Noble Guard. _ Following close upon the^ opening of ca new convent at. Penrith (.N.S.W.), the Rev: Father Barlow : has" now erected a new school-church afc Booty^Hill, in'the'same parish. The new building was "opened by the 'Coadju-tor-Archbishop (the Most : Rev. Dr. Kelly) on a recent Sunday. r A .splendid sermon on Christian education was preached ■ by- has Grace. : — ■ " - T , Th ' e - ( Ri 'g :ht R ev. Monsiguor^O'Brien (Rector of. St. Johnis College, Sydney) -has ,left on a health, voyage for Ceylon. . .The" Monsignor's personal- Mends -resolved to present . him - -with a to^en.- of" "their esteem:'-"} which look the shape of a cheque for 125 guineas. >A~ large body; of his friends assembled at. the wharf to wish him a pleasant voyage and to say lav revoir.' There were 3059 children enrolled in the primary schools of the diocese of Mainland during the quarter , ended December 14, 19U6 ; of "these -246 werer nonUatnohcs. The percentage of attendance on the roll was 75.4. . The -amount of school fees.- received was £413 2s cd. In -the select schools the enrolment -was 453 • -oi _these 88 were non-Catholics. The, percentage of attendance .on the enrolment was 87.3. There were 53 schools in operation during the quarter, 40 primary and 13 select. - " _ -

« f he t famous s k- Augustine!s Catholic' Orphanage Band, or-Geelong (Victoria), is now touring Australia and meeting with enthusiastic reception's everywhere li is the .champion band of Australia. The band is un-der the conductorship of one of the orphan®, Percy Jones a .boy of extraordinary talent. Their." playing at the recent Ballarat competitions, "in which all the first-class •bands of Australia, competed, was'a revelation to most people, and' was described by Mr. Frederic .Beard the , English composer and adjudicator at the -test competition, to be of extraordinary merit,- and styled- best boys' ban-d.in the world. ' ■

The title of Right. Key. Monsignor has been conferred by -his Holiness Pope Pius X. "upon the Dean of Sandhurst, the Very Rev. Dr. Barry, Vicar^General of the diocese. On January 3, the priests of the Sandhurst deanery assembled at dinner, at the invitation of his Lordship, the Bishop, and presented Mgr. Barry with the robes pertaining to the office to which he had been elevated. His Lordship, in making the- presentation, referred to th*e excellent qualities of the recipient, and congratulated him on attaining the dignified position. - Mgr. Barry thanked Ms fellow-won\ers in feeling terms for their beautiful gift. The executive- committee of the Australian Catholic 'Y 11 ™ .Society for this year consists of the Archbishop of- Melbourne, president ; Dean Phelan, -treasurer- Re'v^ J. Norris, secretary ; Prior sKSMelan; Rev. James ODwyet, S.J., Rev. L. Martin; Messrs., Q'Meara, Stewart, Quirk, 8.. Hoare, F. Brerinan," arid J.S. Meagher They held their first meeting' for this year • on the 7th - inst., in the Archbishop's library: ' A large amount of business was transacted 1 (says the c l Advocate '). Three new pamphlets, and a new edition- of the Prayer Book with Epistles and Gospels 'for. the Sundays of the year added, are to be put in the printer's hands immediately. It was also -decided to appeal by- circular to old- subscribers to renew their annual subscriptions and to ask all to help a. good cause by becoming members. As one of . the laudable objects of the A.C.T.S. N is to counteract the false statements and insinuations of secular, nationalistic, -„ and anti-Catholic publications which deluge the _ world to-day,, .we feel assured -that -.the appeal "will not be made in Vain.