Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 6, 7 February 1907, Page 35

Intercolonial

St. Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore, is to be solemnly dedicated on. Pentecost' Sunday;

Mr. John Meaghery jM.L.C, is returning. to Australia by the ' Ofpntes,' which, left London on December 28. He has spent some time in Ireland and on the Continent

The Victorian Government .tobacco expert reports s that- during the year the Government • farm at. Edi produced 20001 bof cigar and 1500 ft ■ of pipe ' tobacco, it sold at prices higher than any obtained for the last five years, and there was a ready demand:

The' Sisters of St. Joseph, in charge of the- -Forest Reefs Convent, while spending their Christmas vacation at Perth,, had their premises broken into. ♦ On their return on January 15, they found nearly all the,;_school windows slmashed. Entrance had evidently ~- been gained through the kitchen, window. On examination ; : \ it was found! that- the intruders had left traces- of their- visit in every • direction.

The priests of 'the Goulburn diocese met at St. Patrick's College, Goulburn, on January 18 and' presented the Rev. Father O'Leary with a purse of sovereigns and a complimentary address. Father O'Leary leaves Australia to join the Vincenti'an Order in Ireland. The Rev. Father Fallon, P.P., Temora, presided, and all the speakers expressed their warm regard, for Father O'Leary. , "~-

A large number of the ex-students of St. Joseph's College, fc>t. Patrick's Schools, and St. Mary's High School assembled in the Federation Hall, Sydney, the other^ day to say good-bye to Brother Wilbred, who has "been transferred lo Larg,s Bay College (S.A.). For the past 25 years Brother Wilbred had endeared himself to the pupils who came under his control, and that feeling of comradeship was manifested atrthe meeting called under the presidency of the St.- . Joseph's Old. Boys' Union. Several eulogistic speeches were made during the evening, and a travelling bag and a collection of books were presented to Brother Wi-lbred.

Miss Amy Castles (says -the London correspondent of the ' Argus ') has been selected as the leading soprano for the Harrison Concert Company, in succession to Madame Patti. Miss Castles has signed, a contract, on a rising scale of salary, for the next four years, for all provincial tours. She has just, completed a very successful series of concerts under Mr. Bar-, rison, appearing in most of the chief English cities, and in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and Glasgow. Mr. George Castles, her brother, has been engaged by Mr. Seymour Hicks to appear with Miss Marie Studholme in a new musical comedy, to be shortly produced at the new theatre he is building in London. The engagement is for three years, and will necessitate Mr. Castles surrendering his position on the staff . of the Victorian Agency-General.

Prior to Ms departure on a visit to Europe, the parishioners of St. Kilda West (Melbourne) entertained

their pastor, Rev. W. Ganly, at the Sacred Heart Hall. Mr.. James Hogan presided, and there was a very large attendance, including the Hon. N. Fitzgerald, M.L.C., and Judge Casey. In the course of an address the chairman said that their pastor had" endeared himself to' the people, who all held Father Ganly in the highest affection and respect. The-- rev. gentleman had done -much since his appointment ,as parish priest. With the co-operation oi the. people, he hatf • paid off a debtj and erected a fine presbytery 1 and a parochial school in which the- children 1 were receiving a secular and religious education" second t,o none in the Commonwealth.. Father Ganly had also

had. the church renovated^ and painted, and they had now a parjfish fully equipped for the - . promotion of "religion and Catholic education. Eulogistic speeches

were" also delivered by the Hon.. Mr. Fittogerald, Judge Ca§ey, and- others. Father Ganly, in replying, said he deeply appreciated the kindness of his parish--ioners on the eve of his departure,*- ajnkl it was c/njlly in '"keeping with what he had at "all .times received from his own people and the members of other denominations. St. Kilda was an ideal district in regard to the cordial relations which existed between all denominations. The successive mayors of the borough and -the. councillors treated all classes of citizensi alike, and they' recognised that religion was a question between man and God. He thanked those who had "organised the greeting on the eve of his^ departure.