Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 31, Issue 44, 31 October 1907, Page 35

Intercolonial

The death is reported of the Rev. M. Hanley, of Molong. By the death of Father Hanley the Bathurst diocese loses a worßhy pastor. Father Hanley had b"een ill of late. He was very popular in Molong, and his death has evoked expressions of sincere regret from townspeople of every persuasion. News has privately reached Melbourne that Amy Castles is shortly coming on a prof essipnal tour to > Australia under the aegis of J. U. Williamson. . She will lead a strong, selected company of singers. A chorus is already being organised in. Melbourne, and trained to support her. Lectures are being delivered in Melbourne and Adelaide in aid of the testimonial to Mrs. O'Doherty (' E'va ')• In Adelaide Senator O'Loughlin, and in Melbourne Mr. Hugh Mahon, M.H.R.; are actively interesting themselves in the movement. A meeting has been held for the same purpose in Sydney, and in West Australia Mr. P. Whelan, of Kalgoorlie, is promoting the testimonial. A neatly printed booklet, giving the list of subscri-' bers (14,001)) to the Archbishop's jubilee testimonial fund, has been published (writes the Melbourne correspondent of the ' Freeman's Journal '). \ilie brochure is enclosed with an artistic and appropriate cover. The publication was turned out from the ' Advocate" office, "and, like the other issues from that publishing house, has given much saßsf action. The ' Adv,ocate ' reports the death of a higlily respected resident of Richmond in the person of Mr. William Stephen Cleary. The deceased had the consolation of the presence at his deathbed of three of his daughters, who are Sisters of- Charity. The late Mr. Cleary,, who was born in Dungarvan 75 years ago, was a brother of the Most Rev. Dr. James Vincent Cleary, Archbishop of Kingston, Canada. The recent additions to St. Vincent de Paul's Church, Ashfield, mark the completion of the main body of the church, including the west front, baptistry, portion of the tower, and three confessionals. The foundation stone of the church was laid by his Emm- * ence Cardinal Kloran thirteen* years ago, and on Sunday, October 13, in the presence of a large gathering of the faithful, he solemnly blessed and opened the sacred edifice. The Rev. J. Fleming, recently promoted from assistant priest at Wagga to the charge of the Ganmain parish, was on October 9 presented with an address and a purse of sovereigns from the parishioners of St. Michael's Church, Wagga, as a token of their esteem and regard. The ceremony took place in St. Joseph's Hall, and was presided over by Mr. P. J. M'Alister. Amongst those present were : Monsignor Buckley, V.G., Rev. E. Laide, and the leading- laymen of the parish. By the ' Orontes,' which reached Adelaide on October 14, the Very Rev. Provincial Uonmee of the Irish Province of the Jesuit Fathers was a passenger." Father Uonmee was accompanied by the following members of the Order :— Rev. Fathers Baker, S. Foster, Davis, Morris, and Mackay. 'me party was welcomed at the Semaphore by the Very Rev. John Ryan, Superior in Australia. His Grace the Archbishop of Hobart celebrated on Sunday, October 13, the 61st anniversary of his episcopal consecration. He is the oldest Bishop in the Church, the doyen of the episcopate In 'years and- in length of episcopal reign. He is, too, probably, the oldest priest in the world. 'He is still hale and hearty,' says the ' Monitor.' - Lt Considering his years —ninety-three— he fs 'marvellously so. His flock and many outside it will join with us .in a fervent prayer that he may be still longer preserved to us.' His Grace was consecrated Bishop of Philadelphia a!nd Vicar Apostolic of Hyderabad, India, in Kinsale, Ireland, on October 11, 1846. . The' will of the. late Mr. J. A. Chalk, of Ballarat, has been valued for probate purposes at ±-20,0u0. He bequeathed £850 to Catholic charities, as follows :— Convent of Mercy, Ballarat East, £5"0 ; Brigidine Uonvent, Echuca, £400 ; Nazareth House, Ballarat, £200 ; the Convent of Mercy, Echuca, £200 ; the tfrigidihe Convent, Rochester, £100 ; the Presentation Convent, Windsor, £100. Mr. Chalk, in his will, also erected that £20 should.be expended In the purchase of tobacco for ' the poor old inmates of the Ballarat Benevolent Asylunri.' 'Deceased was (By religion a Quaker. His daughter, who died in TJhe convent at Echuca ajbout eight years ago, was a nun of the Brigidine Order.