'The Austral Light'

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 40, 3 October 1907, Page 33

'The Austral Light'

C The proprietary of the ' Austral Light ' (Melbourne) issued a special and very fine number commemorative of the silver episcopal jubilee of his Grace- the Archbishop. The Jubilee Number contained a general survey of the progress of the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese during the past twenty, years, and an official record of the celebrations in St. Patrick's Cathedral on August 5, on which date, the Cathedral Hall was handod over to the Archbishop free of debt. The number is a very creditable production from every point of view, and will in tine to come, prove a most useful work of reference. In the first place we have a general survey of the Afcchdiopese, then - the veteran journalist Mr. Benjamin Hoare, tells us of what has been done for Catholic Education' during that period whilst the work and progress of Catholic Charities is dealt with by the Rev. J. Norris/ and Mr. Ronald Stewart writes about ' Catholic Literary Progress '. ' Finally there is a very interesting 4able of statistics, followed by an official account of t*he presentation to his Grace. In addition to two flashlight pictures, there are over twenty photo-engravivgs of churches, schools, charitable institutions, etc., all admirably reproduced. We are not surprised to hear that the issue was" qiuickly exhausted, and that it was necessary to print a second in order to fill orders that came in too late. '