Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11, 19 March 1908, Page 35

Intercolonial

During the absence of - the Governor of "Tasmania and Lady Strickland, who are going to England lor six months, the Presentation Nuns at St. Mary's Convent, Hobart, will have charge of their two younger daughters. - ' The Very Rev. W. M. Walsh, P.P., of Townsville who recently d'jed, was an authority on astronomy", lie was also a member of the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland, f and a corresponding member of more than one,, foreign learned society. The Yen. Archdeacon Beechinor and the Rev. P. O'Reilly, of Tasmania', were farewellcd recently by their respective parishioners. Both received handsome tributes from the people of -JJeloraine and Latrobe. The Archdeacon has been transferred after thirteen years i n Deloraine..

His Eminence Cardinal Moran opened ihe new wing of the „, Kincumber Orphanage on Sunday? March 1. Among those present was the~^lftg^t Rev. Dr. Leniban, who in the course of an address paid a well-deserved tribute to the work of the Sisters of St. Joseph, bath in the arcfod ocese of Sydney and in the diocese of Auckland. The new wing cost close on £3000, and -the subscriptions at the ceremony- amounted to £300. His Lordship the Right Re v . Dr. Murray, Bishop of Cooktown, opened new St. Mary's Church at Cooktown on Sunday, February 16, in the presence of a large congregation. The edifice replaces the one destroyed' by the disastrous cyclone that swept over the town thirteen months ago. After Mass the Bishop was presented with an address of welcome by me congregation. The new church has accommodation for 20 v, and the cost of the building was over £1100.

Several changes liave been made in the stations of the Jesuit priests in Australia. Rev. -J. F O'Brten of Norwood, has left for Melbourne, and his place is to be taken by the Rev. H. E. Cock, of St. Aloysius', North Sydney. The Rev. W. ODowKng returns 'to SevienMll from North Sydney, while the Rev.~J. Roney, of North Sydney, is removed to Melbourne, and the Rev. T. Brown, of Hawthorn, takes Ms place. Rev. E. Corish "has 1 been appointed to assist Rev. Father Gately at Lavender Bay.

. In the course of an interview granted to a press representative his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne : ' I ajn deeply^grieved to hear of the death of the Marquis of LinliWigOiw. I knew him for twenty years'/ and I held him im the highest esteem as a gracious.aftd a kindly gentleman, both in public and private" rife. His 1 titles, indeed, were amongst the highest and oldest in. the land, but I ihink 'it may be truly said of him that, with his qualities of bead and heart, he ennobled his ranlc rather than he was ennobled toy it. The Rev. Father Peter Byrne, parish priest of Concord, who had been absent in Europe and America for the past twelve months, returned to Sydney recently. He was welcomed home by his parishioners at a conversazione in, St. Mary's School. There' was a large attendance, and on every side individual welcomes were extended to Father Byrne. During his sojourn ateoad the parishioners prepared a surprise for their pastor. When he entered his presbytery -he found that it had been re-furnished, and its comforts added to in several ways.

The Right Rev. Ct. Verdon, Bishop of Dunedin (says the ' Catholic Press '), was the guest of his Eminence at St. Mary's during his stay in Sydney. On Monday March 2, his LordsMp went up to Newcastle to see bis friend, the venerable Bishop of Mait-land. He s&ys he .found Bishop Murray looking remarkably well,'cheerful, and able to celebrate Mass daily despite ■ his weight "of years. Dr. Verdon. returned to Sydney on Tuesday, and yesterday afternoon, March 4, he sailed by the 'Ophir'.for Europe. His Lordship -the Right Rev. Dr. Lenihan, Bishop of Auckland, who is on hie way to Rome, ,accompanied his Eminence the Cardinal and the prelates from this State back to Sydney from New Zealand (says the ' Catholic Press ' of M a rch 5). He was present at the opening of the new' wing of Kincumber , Orphanage on Sunday, and during the week he visited Lewisham Hospital with the Cardinal. On Tuesday his Lordship left for Goulburn, " where he has 'been the guest - of Bishop Gallarhor.. He returns to Sydney on Saturday. Bishop 'Lenihan,' who is the guest of the Cardinal, leaves by the next steamer for Vancouver, which he "will pick up at Brisbane.

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