Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3, 30 January 1908, Page 35

Intercolonial

.—». — » The Very Rev. J. B. Conmee, /Provincial of the Irish Jesuits, who had been on a visit to the Commonwealth, has - returned to IrelandrThe death is reported of the Rev. Father , McCauley, of St. Arnaud, diocese of Ballarat, who passed . a--way on January 10. The, deceased was a native of Derry, and was ordained at* Maynooth in 1898. The Revs. J. O'Neill (Castlemaine), T. O'Neill (Castertbn), and E. J. Luby, P.P. (Brunswick), are to leave early next month on a trip to Europe for the . benefit of their health. The Month's Mind for the Archbishop of Hobart. was to be celebrated yesterday. His G-race the Archbishop of Melbourne, 'Right Rev. Dr. Higgins, Right Rev. Dr. Corbett, and Righb Rev. Dr. Reviile were expected to be present/ Among the passengers by tha R.M.S. ' Osrmuz,' which arrived at Adelaide on January 6, was a the Right ißev. Dr. Murray, 0.5.A., Bisjiop' of Cookfbwn (Q.)^ who was on his return from his visit ad limina to Rome. He states that he found his Holiness in splendid health. Dr. Murray is transferring his residence to Cairns, where a good welcome home awaits him. The Rev. P." Power, M.R.1. A., late lecturer at De la Salle Training College, Waterford, arrived by the R.M.S. 'Ormtujs" at Adelaide on June 6. It is fifteen years (says the ' So.uthern Cross ') since he left the diocese of Wilcannia, having been recalled by the Bishop of Waterjord , after about six years' arduous work at Cobar and ■ Bourke. Having got twelve months' leave of absence, he is going to spend it in missionary work in Wilcannia •diocese. His ' Manual of Religious Instruction ' has. been adopted in many dioceses in Ireland, and is commended' for its accuracy, conciseness and cheapness. Father Power is editor of the ' Archaeological- Journal,' and has lately published a large volume on name places -in County Waterford. } , According to a Melbourne message, during -six successive days of the heat wave 58 patients, suffering from its effects, were admitted to the hospital, and fifteen died. The total number of deaths for the State from. the heat was 100. A great bush fire raged in the Colac district, and the' town narrowly escaped being swept. Two men named Power and Lucas, rode through a veritable sea of fire and rescued a woman named Clapham and, three children, all being more or less burned. Nearly one hundred persons at Beech Forest are temporarily blind, "through the effects of the smo I*..1 *.. The seaside township of Anglesea, twenty-six miles from Geelong was partially destroyed by a fire. Forty settlers were burned out at South Gippsland. In the Lenthorpe district over 150,000 acres of grass, 10,000 sheep, and miles of fencing have been destroyed, and- at Rivernook many larp dairy farms have been almost completely swept a- " way Two men were burned to death at Wangerip, and a child at Mount Saibin. A house in which an infant was sleeping caught fire n»ar Stawell. A woman rushed to the rescue, but dropped in a dead faint at the door and perished. - His Grace the Archbishop of Hobart (says the?* 'Monitor ■ i) will leave for Rome in February- to receive i;he Pallium from, the Holy Father, Pope Pius X. Every Archbishop is canonicallv required, wherever it is pos- ™\%. fo f, him t0 make the. journey, to proceed to Rome" within three months after his succession to the see to apply for the Pallium. Ever since his assumption of the office of Coadjutor Bishop in. December, 1893 the Arch-bishop-Elect bas, save during a short period when ■ he . was prevented a s a result of a serious illness, 'been most assiduous in the discharge of the duties of the episcopal officte. He again, and asrain visiW all parts of- the island and took upon himself for a long time the inspection and personal supervision of all the schools After fourteen years of this_cbntinuous work his "Grace is n»rtainly due for a rtest. We are glad r'cat -the dl^h-ic/o «, I ty - of « ea !, t V* wh J, ch every A «"hbishoT> eves /<6the Sovereign Pontiff will compel the Archbishop to ta«e a rest. A long and expensive journey' is not we «now,. the kind of rest his Grace would choose, but it will be a rest at all events, a deliverance for a 1 time""" rromi the cares and pressing responsibilities of official duties, a>nd the Church in Tasmania will reap the benefits of the Arrchbishon's ■ travel. For his Grace is a , keen observer. He will, we may be sure, take ?.ote of what is worth noting in the improvements effected in school, college, and Church work in- the Catholic centres he will visit, and we shall profit by his experien-