Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 43, 24 October 1907, Page 35

Intercolonial

The foundation stone of a new church at Wyong was laid on October 6. The church wilU^ost about £450. A tender for a new church at Gindarra has been accepted. The cost will.be £600, and the erection of the church will v be started in a couple of "weeks' time. Mr. William Asprey has been selected to fill the postof choirmaster at St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, rendered by the death- of the late J. A. Delany. His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne, blessed and opened a new Convent of Mercy on Rosary Sunday at Casterton. The building cost over £4000. A new church at Crystal Creek, Murwillumbah, was solemnly blessed and dedicated on Sunday, Sep. 30 by his Lordship, Bishop Doyle. The cost of the church was close on £300, and.the subscriptions - f. at the ceremony totalled £75. The Sydney police records for the "past- year show that while the trams killed eleven persons, and injured 397, motors^ killed only one, and injured 21 persons... Other vehicles were responsible, for only four fatalities, and over 400 injuries'. - - '"r -' The foundation-stone , of a Catholic church at Coff's 'Harbor waa laid on Rosary Sunday. - Ardltdeacbn Walsh addressed the gathering. .The new church, which is on a good site, is going up rapidly, and will be opened in about- five weeks by Bishop "Doyle, of Lismore^ The first lElrovincial , Synod of Victoria, will open jn St. Patrick's Cathedral* on Sunday, November 17. There will be daily sessions until the following Sunday. The primary, 'business of" the Synod will be- the unification of ecclesiastical procedure throughout the province of Victoria. -- --."_-- ■ -..*-..-_.. The financial condition of Victoria, as, disclosed by the Budget, is a source of much gratification (remarks the (' Advocate '). The fact that the net return from State works, is more than sufficient to pay the interest on our public debt, which amounts to £52,424,989; is . the best guarantee for our credit: in foreign markets.^ When it was proposed to introduce the' penny postage on letters in Victoria, (says the ' Advocate ')~the official reply was that the drop in the revenue would be. serious. As a matter of fact, the revenue rose as a consequence of the reduced scale, more people making use -of the post office. The- same result may. .be anticipated, .when fares .and freights are reduced on trie "railways. ' _■'.' A serious accident happened to the Very Rev.T. O'Farrell C.SS.R. while proceeding to Cumaock,. from Molong to conduct a mission. He, was being. driven in a sulky by Mr. James M'Cormack, and when some distance from Cumnock the horse bolted. When, the animal was .pulled up it commenced kicking viciously. .Mr. M'Cormack. advised the priest to get out. Whilst doing so, he -slipped and broke his thigh. Father. O'Farrell was taken, to Molong and admitted* to the private ward" of the hospital. The fine spirit of religious- neighbourliness manifested at the beginning of, lifie new. Catholic; -church : : at- Wyong on Rosary Sunday, "is worthy of emulation- in, other-lo-calities, (says the « Freeman's Journal* 1 ). That spirit - -may be, exemplified by the fact that, apart from many "other generous non-Catholic ' donations to the-building fund, Mr. A. H. Warner presented the committee with ' the site of the church, besides laying a subscription on the stone";, while Mr. G. Goldsmith, another prominent non-Catholic resident, donated £10 10s. to the fund. - Mr. Percy Jones, the brilliant young cornetist and conductor of St. Augustine's Orphanage Band, leaves _ for Europe in December, to continue his musical studies under the best Continental ...masters. The efforts made throughout the . Western districts of Victoria, on Mr. Jones. • behalf ..-(says the 'Catholic Press ') have resulted in about £400 being collected, and at a representative meeting'- held 'at--Mel-bourne, it was decided to endeavor -to. bring. the iund up to £500. It was resolved to open a subscription .list in x the metropolis, arid to tender Mr. Jones a benefit concert in. the Town Hall on November 19. - The D.I.C. Dunedin, call attention to their comprehensive and superior display, of ready-to-wear stock of millinery, coats, blouses, lingerie, costumes, etc.... Mr. J. Casey, Princess St. Dunedin, has just opened up a stock of hard! andi soft felt hats, straw hats, and Panamas, in' the newest styles, also ties, caps etc., which are marked at very moderate prices.,..