Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 6, 6 February 1908, Page 35

Intercolonial

' A new wing has just been added, to St. Aloysius Col r lege, Milson's J^oint,- Sydney, at a cost of about £400 Q. His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne, who* was accompanied by the Right Rev. Dr.. Higgins, Right Kiev. Dr. Reville, Right Rev. Dr. Dunne, and Right ' Rev. Dr. Corbett, was present- at, -the. Month's ., Mind of the late Most Rev. Dr. Murphy, Archbishop of Ilobart. Owing to the generosity of Mrs. Dwyer, of Manly, one of the Tyson legatees, St. Athanasius's Church, Manly, is to be enlarged to double its present size, for which this generous parishioner has promised the Rev. T. Hayden a cheque for £200 t O. This is about the most liberal becfluest that has ever been given to any object in Manly. Mr, JohiT Bounce", a very old resident of Gordon (Victoria) died on Sunday, January 19, at the age of 92 years. .He was a colonist , of 54 years, arriving in Ballarat in August, 1854: He formed" one of the Eure-•l-a Stockade defenders. He came from Borisoleigh, County Tipperary, Ireland. His intellect. .w.as good up to the last, and his death was accelerated by the great heat. Roger Hartigan, who made such a sensational -ei try into international crioket, associated with Hill, put up a world's record for any wiolet in test matches. At the conclusion of the match Hartigan was presented with a gold chain and pendant suitably inscribed.. His admirers in Townsville have also started a testimonial fund. Hill also received a souvenir in the- shape of a gold and pearl pendant for Mrs. Hill. . His Lordship Bishop Doyle, prior to his departure for Europe, made three new appointments, in connection with the cLergjy of the diocese of Lismore. The Rev. Father M.^Quinn was created Dean, and Archdeacon Walsh (Maclean) was raised to the rank of Archpriest. The Very Rev. Dean Dalton, of Murwillumbah, was appointed Archdeacon of the diocese. Bishop Doyle . will be absent fifteen, months. He will visit Mexico, the United States, Ireland, Spain, and Russia, as well as Rome. The vital question of Australian^ defence from foreign aggression was touched upon "by his Eminence Cardinal Moran at EppJng a* few Sundays ago. Some : *of .our satesmen, said he, seemed to be threatening that even the perils of war were near our shores. He hoped the blessings of peace would long continue to be the herii> age of Australia. But it was the duty of Australian citizens, to fit themsples for any future danger. They must be prepared in^time. There was an old saying that if we wished to preserve- peace, we must be prepared for war. On this •> on?, hand,- the people must be prepared to know their riaht's, and on : the "other they must be eqiusppea so as to be able .to defend those rights, eithfi acainst domestic enemies or those who assailed them from without. The ' Ad. ideate ' reports the death of the Right Rev. Mgr. Davy, V.G-., Benalla, who passed away on January 21. Monsignor Davy was born at Swinford, Co. Mayo, Ireland, in< L 843, and had, thereiore,~reached the 65ta year of his age. His ecclesiastical course was pursued at Maynooth college, where hs had as classfellows many who subsequently rose to hierarchical rank. He was Parish priest of Swinford for some years, and when leaving for Australia was printed with a testimonial and illuminated addresses. -In 1876 Mgr. Davy went to Sandhurst with a community of the Sisters of Mercy— the first .religious teaching Order founded" in that city. About 21 years ago, Mgr. Davy, was appointed parish priest of Benalla. - '. « . i . The Right Rev. Dr. Doyle, Bishop^ of Lismore, has left for Europe. Prior to his departure he was. the recipient of several presentations. He 'was -presented by the laity with a' purse of £220, and the ladies of Lismore handed his Lordship a cheque for £100. The May^ or of Lismore (Alderman' J. Quilty), in v making- the presentation, wished his' Lordship, on behalf of the people cf Lismore, a hiappy. trip to, Rome.. While Dr. . Doyle, he said, had been ail that a Churchman could be, he had always found time to be a public man, and he had assisted in many local public .works,, at a- time when - those projects wanted .the' assistance of worthy men. The Bishop had donfe a great deal for Lismore, and some- * ihing the town would not forget was the fact that on his previous trip, to Rome he had had Lismore made a dioqpse, and had built a cathedral which -the peorle would always be justly- Proud of. Monsignor Ahearn, V. ft-, on behalf of the priests -of the diocese, presented his LordsMn Bishop Doyle wUh a .checjue for £200 and a passage tic Vet. Monsignor Ahearn wished the Bishop a -hapuv journey to the tomb of. the Apostles. •