Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 4 November 1909, Page 1755

Intercolonial

The Catholics of Parramatta presented Rev. Father P. , Dohefty. (who vhas; been transferred to St; Monica's parish), with, an address and /purse of sovereigns, v - The" solemn * blessing- "and- opening of 'the' fitte new school which "has just been erected- for tlie Patrician' Brothers at Bathurst, took place on Sunday, "-October- 10/ "The ceremony -was- performed by his Lordship Bishop Dunne. :*": *" The death of Sister M. Borromeo 'took place" at' St. Joseph's. Convent, " Jamestown, South Australia, recently. Deceased 1 had spent thirty-six - years of "her life" in=: the community of the Sisters of St. Joseph.- Sister Borromeo was -a_ native of- Tasmania,- "and belonged to a family widely known and respected. • --.-_-',.. Mr. 'Hugh Mahon, M.H.R., wnV took part-in "the Catholic ' Congress, in- the course of a letter, to a "friend says-: 'We have had a royal time. Years can never efface the memory" of- the Cardinal and"' Mons'igiior" O'Haran's kindnesses. My wife wept at the conclusion of the Cardinal's address on Sunday, but theii -we' : all felt that way.' The Catholic community of Lismorepaid honor to the Rev. Father Maguireon Monday, October 11, on v which date his ministry there ended, he- having been appointed _tb th.6; charge "of the large and important- district Kempsey. The children, of St. Mary's College presented' him with a gold watch, the pupils of St. Carthage's parish, school gave him "a silver fish service, and the parishioners a purse of one' hundred sovereigns. - - -■- - ; : The Rev. Brother Conlon, who has i or the past seven 'years been associated with the signal siiccess of the Christian Brothers- College at, ' Airmount,' Waverley,-has lately been appointed principal of the Christian Brothers'. College, Melbourne. Brother Conlon, who is quite a young" man and a modest one, has a wonderful faculty for business as well as for teaching ; and it needs no keen prophetic instinct ;to assure us (Freeman's Journal) that the qualities which Commanded success in Waverley will assure ;an equal measure of it in Melbourne. „ - - The following clerical changes have been made in the archdiocese of Sydney : — The Rev. Father Archibald McDonald, now assisting at Moss Vale, " has. been, transferred to Cooma; Rev. Father Conaghen, of -Cooma-, goes in charge of Michelago ; Rev. Father Kerwick, of Michelago, will take charge of Erskinville parish; Rev." Father M. Sherin, who returns from the West' by the ""Macedonia, will be stationed at St. Mary's Cathedral j Rev."' Father John O'Reilly goes . from St. Mary's Cathedral ■to the Sacred Heart Church, Darlinghurst; and . Rev. Father Richard Woulfe, now assisting at the Sacred Heart .Church, Darlinghurst, has been appointed to the ,charge of the Picton parish.. - . „ -The Rev. Francis Clime, C.P., of £t. Paul's, Retreat, Glen Osmond, who for -the past nine years has labored" in almost every parish of South Australia, giving" missions and .retreats, and who has also given" several missions and retreats in the dioceses, of Ballarat and "Wilcannia, has been appointed Superior of St". Brigid-s Ttetreat, Marrickyille, Sydney, the mother house of the Passionist Fathers in Australia (says the Catholic Press). "Father Clune, who only recently returned from a trip to Europe and America, is a brother of the Redemptorist Father who is now Superior of the Redemptorists in New Zealand, and whose memory is cherished throughout Australia. - If anything were needed to display the intense public appreciation of Miss Amy Castles' talent as a singer, it %ould be a little story that comes from -the small country town of Kyabram. Originally it "was thought that" the chances of Miss Castles' singing in the. town .were decidedly remote, but when Messrs.- J. and N. Tait, under, whose direction Miss Castles is touring Australia,_ suggested that a concert in the local hall might yet be practicable, the enthusiasm of the inhabitants evinced itself in an' unmistakable form. They immediately booked 250 seats,- on the off chance of the brilliant young- songstress making a much-desired appearance before them. This testifies to the wonderful regard which .Australians generally. ' feel towards their famous countrywoman, ''and, as a spontaneous expression of esteem, must be deeply gratifying to. all concerned. " _* ■

The number of old-age pension payments in New Zea- - land for the. year ended March last was 164,683, as compared -with- -158;782 in the previous year, tlie respective amounts being £336,813 and £325,220. The following -return "in connection^-with the Bank of New Zealand, oalled for by Mr. H.G: JEII, M.P., has been 'laid. on the table of the House: — Price paid by the Govem--ment for 75,000 shares .- in— -the Bank 'of New Zealand, . £500,000. Amounts received .by the -Government as dividends: Year ended March 31, _ 1905, 5 per- cent., £25,000: 1906, 5 per cent., £25,000; 1907, 1\ per cent., .£37,500; 1908, 7* per cent., £37,500; 1909, 8| per cent., £43,750— total, £168,750. -The amount paid annually by way of interest on the purchase money of the shares was £18,113.