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New Zealand Tablet, 2 December 1909, Page 1907

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The death occurred on ©,c*slt?,er 12 at the Parochial ~^ousGj--Ballymena,.-of«the~Ver~y-Rev. Alexander .MacMullan.T «*«» yiafl T ' ' - "' -<5 -;f iM in May« ' W^CfcS Pi^ 81 ' 1 Nolau > M - A -V BID-, : T4°&^*'&?2sZH^ *^*& Belfast,, was .appointed toHhe qprbf^ssorsffi^^fiTTfsKir^'the great ecclesiastical cot - : Jffr i^ s^ BBSwill to^tteattd^Dt. O'Hickey, who formerly V 4Mdi## lmpiprtant.Ebsitiftjx. M F,ather Nolan has been,, oneot the most prominent figures^ .the Gaelic language move-'-ment m the North of Ireland r for many> years past. He has preached the annual Gaelic " sermon in -St. Patrick's' a&^-?ai 11 - S tr - e ?*-i* Belfast, on the Feast of the Na1J iplf P TsJfi^| C #,' t i l^ c f]^ br W C %^ vas mau 'gUT a ,ted-,''; CORK— riostefWdatHolic Students |'aoA^',,in s t^est«pg;?,funption.-took place at Cork, when- St; 1 - Anthonys Hall, the. new, liostel provided by-the Prancisbans tor t/athohc stU'dents^ Attending University.! College, ; Cork was formally opened by the Most Rev.-'Dit/.O'Callaehan «Maaw^f Cork, and • President; oi,ithe I( Univqrsity ; College. :•! „--', --y -! : DUBLIN— May nooth College ; ; '"'''" ? h^ ifnnuai distribution." of prjaes took "place at Maynooth College on October 12, his Eminence Cardinal Logue " presiding. J) The" cerenlbny-was graced by'the presence of K^PX^9 f l th^J?^WS h^? h^- :bad attended tlfe meeting 9% t H'j^tees.^-PEiaciically \j£K the Bishops ( of Ireland' -wrbuessed theff highly^tnteresting^and inipressive function The degrees obtained. by candidates in theology and philosophy were conferred ' in" June. The praceedjngs^on-this.--occasion consisted, therefore, -in the awardlng'of 'prizes' to' the students who ■ had passed the ordeal in the ■ various branches of knowledge included in the "curriculum--* of the college.^ ■ v _ The Gilmaftin-' prize -for the-'-:besfr essay on a' 1 subject 1 takeil from ecclesiastical history >. was -carried off by Mr. Walter' Hegarty; -Derryi -The prize 1 was of a very valuable nature. 'The Greek essay contributed by Mr. Martin McCarrick Achonry, secured first place. Mr, John -O Sullivan, of Killaloe,' was > accorded the prize -for the best" essay m French. 1 He'chbseL'a's his subject, '.Jeanne D'Arc' The prize for the 4>est English essay was won by Mr Timothy ' Sammon, of Killaloe: « -.After the prizes had been" "awarded, the names of the candidates who secured distinction at the recent examination of the Royal University in First Arts and Second Arts were read out. The e list was very long, and reflected great credit on Maynootti College. The students of. the^ National Gollege won .seven exhibitions at the • -Second, Arts, Examination j|ind four at, the Firs;t. „ Catholic Tjrti th soefety ,„.,.„., -..,-.. . , j , r , t The, seventh annual. Conference under the auspices of 'Uhe'CatWoh'c Truth^Soeiety^bl^rfelariS^was" ypene'dfail the - Round Room of -tlie'Man'sion I''House,1 ' 'House, ~Dublin,> ; ' on 1 October ' 13.' , His.JEminencejPard.inal^Logue presided,, and Dr. Ber- . tram ?Win.glje, o P^resideij,t .of the University College; Cotflc,' delivered the inaugural address, 1 in wnich'h'e dealt 'with the intellectual claims of the Catholic Church. "' '' (JaLWAY— ! AMetnorlai -' J "" " : ''\ A Dublin firm is preparing ja, monument which is to be - erected in the 'principal ! cemetefy v 'aV-Bifenos Aires' to Uie memory of Rev. Anthony Fahy,. of Galway, ,who did great work amongst his exiled cb'untr'ymen under the Southern Cross. The monument,, which will: be over 25ft, high, and surmounted by a magnificent "Celtic cross, will be of '-Droglieda stofhe,Haie cdlofedtpartU being- Gahvay granite and Qork ,and,,Connemara,jnarbles. Police Tax . , > h..,, At,«. pjabHcjmeeting in Oughterard^on October 11, Lord Killanih protested against the 1 payment" of ; the '"threatened tax of 7d in the £ on Connemar^-Tfoxzopoljce.ysents .^o^East :«^al^i,%y 97,0n,^h9 7 ,on,^he a .ground , th»^ .there wpre^ no outrages com.emitted the impost,^ 2*^)a o c% tr %t-I^J?ce,rwer,e^eqmsiwQn^ wesitjof Lough Comb, which he" referred to as 'a sufficient natural meaning in itself to exclude Connemara from^thjq -".unjust , r taxation, n^f^i 6^^ .-Per^qay on^ih^ -"district. i-.^W^p^sVMpßld toMti if th'ejrfaWe'd^td? get this threats ened f tax remitM l i!fie^ I wouia ?^eii 1 d a'^eptftatibn of ladies to wait upon the Government on the subjecU, Ol and that the '■''Coutttqjb; Council wouldoipiressi«the^matte,ri{tp the vend,.- and refuseito Ll strilfefthe\*a^e.nai't lateds nll<,,\\): 'jH >" ' KERRY— Splendid Work for Ireland (^aptain OVMeagher Gjpndon and^Mr. John O'Callaghan addresses were presenxea trom Kepy CouffEy Coun%ii and the Nationalists of Tralee, to which the visitors replied. At£JS^l% r ? e »?« a^Br*^ res ? es rr were il )resen fed from the local 2vMwym&i€iP%hf Nt?r<MiiAs^66&ttd^joa?»i£asi3ihe3.li3^£. 0

*$W#3s# Most tmamy, 1 t M/^?M^ ed T ! v . ls , lto^~ a a<l- retecrea- ni to s %6^feat^lielp the said' the.Jsish f l>ar£y hjid-, d^splenaid S w&k -If there Mill V^Jj&ld^ ;gsU fi M e l?|n „ fef^P^ument to-Say as tliere" did feny^d-ay, SBMw pasjf thirty years, and .^o.n;^Te q uired l tb'fei a^m^lhe 'H^ 6 '^ ll^-*^ would ha^ *«'■ tWouWg6ingKaif» r agim¥on , tor Home; Rule as they .hsd'otfthe land^questioaloiß^ny bother - questtonk Captain;] Qoridoni^nd" >M*>. ro r C»llaghan •*• thanked his Ilordship, „, dispelling; misconceptions in America',:": ~'" t f ' JfV -^"'"- KILKENNY^ A Memorial y'-j' ■ -. . .A splendid, monument _h'as just been erected ih~ssoh°"f] lm ° re Churchyard, 'Comity •'-Kilkenny,- over tßelreWalns of the Rev. J.P. .Harrington, 7 , ofCliicago>->a native -of town, County Kilkenny} 'who died in .Dublin" "two yearl ago in his thirty-seventh -year ._ Deceased was £aid;tarb"e tone „-oi the finest- .preachers American v "Vi o7 3 T LJMERjCK— The Late;Mlsi I 'b'Brien ; 1 ." •>; v,"^V£ --:- r The wjll'^o/ Miss cYiarlotte^race O'Brien/ of^Afaairoir, ',J?.oy,nes,',Limetick, well.jk;npwn- as a social -reformer'" rioet, land no.vehst,Thas just 'been^'proved, the 'value* of >fcfce*¥state Bl l g 7. £3^P ßi -I Miss O'Brietf , who. was? a convert to=»sthe .- t-athohc Church, rendered Valuable service 4>y improving,<?the ■.- conditionsamder which girls emigrated to ■ America/.! Su-b- * leel ect A. tb 'a .fewaspecificrbesjiests,-, her/ estate, is left^to.-her brother, Mr^Lucms, O'Brien, and her' 'three, rriifeerf^lfecy, i iMaryy and; Ellen O'Brien., „ , , \. iT ?,?, *-'^> *»*' MAYO-^The Judge's, Congratulations ... ",,^ t '-- -Addressing the Gf^nd Jury at the Mayo < CrYmi'iiaLJSes- < sions on, October 11, Judge Morphy said he was;- happy, be able- to inform them that-- their .business. wouTd~npt be very- happy- "Only Eye bills would' -go before tneni/Hnd thatvdidvno^c-represent a serious 'condition of affairs' Hn a county -mich as.Mayqv* ; None of J the bills represented > any cume .qf.^a serious nature.' .', ."' , ' "'■ ' r - A "\ 'ntermediateZ Schools : --- - The Intermediate Schooi^'Castleiiarr wh'eir'-ready for - work, .-will -be given in charge to the De La Salle Brothers. The site for the building 'is. the'gift of the Eafl^-of 'llucani „ JIVIO^AQH AN— Consecration of a Bishop r; ;.,,",; /- . XX i ry 1 >^ ii yey c . p . rovince and all-Cathplic Ireland (says the Irish Weekly) join in the congratulations and gbbd wishes tendered on Sunday;- Octobel\:;lo^at',- l Monagh,an; by an, illustrious- assembly of prelates -and priests and' "by yast""inultitudes of Ins own loving and faithful people to the Most Rev. Dr. Patrick McKenna, Bishop of Clogher. The august ceremony at St. Macarten's Cathedral was an event of momentous importance to the Irish Catholic Church and, it well may be, to the temporal -interests! 'oft All the people of this island: for the influence of a Bishop" over the" minds and 1 < actions < of ;> hisrflock as, »wherio t dii;ected towards- noble Jandi patriotic ends, -a 7 -' potent , iorce for the ' national welfare. The^Re^^D^/Beecheriaid^in the course ?£ 'i?- i W lan ,t and imnressiye, sermon': ''True it is that of the Bishopsofthe Chur^h"ohly r "orie' 'can be'safd to be a successor ofa'parficular^Apostle^-thatis^the Bishop of Rome who is successor of St. Peter— but the Bishops collectively are the successors of the other Apostles; hence the conseration of every -Bishop- -is to be . regarded as <an important ractor in Apostohcr. perpetuity, .andrthat being •, so, , every consecration, ,no .matter .where, it, -takes place; from 'Japan to C ™1 1 > \ s a matter of prime' importance 'to the J 'm'«id of the Church.^ The Most I Rev.- -Dr. 'McKenna, by the vote or the priests of • Clogher/"- withi , the. .blessing of the Holy bee, and -to the joy of >*the Cath6lic..people; succeeds to a noble and distinguished' heritage.--. -He- is the ninety-first Bishop of Clogher in a direct line from St. Macarten, St - Pat ™ ck s , contemporary and patron of the diocese, who died on .March»2%nA.D.-506> 7 u >;.--„. «,t r^i\<w :; «';t»., WESTMjEATHp-Admiliiste^ Pledge A remarjcable s^cerie %as witnessed in liltiiiingar County Court the other day, County Court "Judge " Ciirran directing that a prisoner who was charged with assault should take .tiieaplqdge^pixblijCl^ in^ .court from^a.clergy.man, before, .ordering his dischargejpOr^pavmeiit-^^S'ddmpensat&frHo the man who was assaulted..' l ' ii ' [ ~ i i^oiojf '•''The^brds^and^the^LaiiUißil^-S t^jin(>fi fld7A«q • . Mr.;^ohn Redmond, speaking at 1 ' a'^Lib^al 'meeting at - Ashton-underfLyhe, <s > ai T d.;*h'at wnethfer^the 1 /H^u^ Ff sLords ' passed ilie^ Hdl?,'Bit ; - I wasOa : b^orutely3 : afitaiinkable that a general /electiori co^ldi' be jpo^tpon^. Rule for Ireland must be amongst the" leading questions'" submitted to the country. He declared the House of Lords had The Temperance TVtfovemeifr * '■" ®^ jEverywhere in Connaught the temperance movement «^^ r^^^^Wi^Bo<ffl'j[S'i&iSVf§^ > §^! League of

the West^hagy^nje^pfc^n^^o sta^^ut evidently to flour-? lsh. oj?§»«;ijp^S).ar^!the«pp^^&]g (O^S^ missiwa'-in Galway, i Most Rev. Dr. ODea said gme him for one year all the? money spent on drink •rfr a #alwkV i Oity and he would build, a Cathedral. With the second year's savings he would; erect a, seminary; the third year he-Avould erect 250-artisans' ' ;d>yelliitgsrandrthe "f^ <p3f ffiry>W"^similar'fm^BerV>?V '■ -:* . The Irish Leader's Message **? -*-*'/',/ ', " " "*' "--; j ? §fes?< %&: ¥ : J J: eff .J^&eJpJfoF^r&sitt&if . of , l&eJF^M* l ," B^^^^ crisisf in- the , ,jCnsh -sWggle.;has v ; ariseiii^ ;;NTheliHosise^pfiX'ords'i"s^engaged at, this moment in^des^roy'ing^hfe.lrish/ISan'd.Vßiri^ with' its ;" promise of closing the Laii'd/War of *ceiUu'rTes»<Tcoi»pleting •th^estoratioa bf a,ll. land' of Ireland to her people,- arid' of • $!0&PM n g-' for t -ever »Xf'ery i ;ahd t ''famine' w fi-6m' 'the -West of, •$F|l#?gS&-£ fr; cei^aTn^wßhiH^he^nesit-few Ic^lip that ->elegfcioii rthei v^bp *pf ■ of T Lprds 6 '^''^^^, a^d J with^the^reio:to%;the"lfouse i of>33 I Vrds W£4tsappeay«< the "rlasi; -{obstacle Vci^mW'-R^le^ -TaJ&his te^Mand^ iir ' have; - a; rrayedisfga^nst' ; .lier|%li'tthe iFofpes aiid .nVivjilege^pri^eSmo^e we"; appeal i, M-v^rvtarace*- to' Kelp/fus^to'-'figlit^ugfSfsfr -.tEese'^tfiferf ulTenem€Wof/pur.:ra;ce;.^:VAt'; our^regues^Mr^^Ti-^P'? : O.'jDonnor s has" consented to go to Axnefica to lay the si't'ua^jpntiß'efjbre pur people, and to ask their, prompt and gen^rpTits^aid^V 'Books pn^lreland .^, .,,...-. iA . „. r -,--,.^ : .-J s J,~\-.. ["' ip'^it?;is' v V(n^h^nptin'g i ~Jovr- ' |o?.) ;.tK©,r njamber^of "• impprt£iT?t ; frq%s ; onv;.lrpjfap.dV/ana r Irish affiirsftihat, v ;haye;- beenvlp,ublisfied f ew . years btilSide;- o^.-Ire|'an.d^.i : 6self-r .Several fof fthfec^have Jappeayed ' ik^Americk arid Australia from i,€lie;'penk;!of Irishmen' ? 'or " vfievL of Almost without fa* single *!§§?■. have, been' jn ■ ehti rj&isy%p"ath"y^vith3>th€^irislr^ria'tion al : Ndw7 ~Fthe., T caus^~WhichVi3;^uil^ing.^ a ' llteT"ature,;;.pr rather "e voicing. suclKa'. 'literature, ..must necessarily be "a cause of substantial "inherent strength,- and it is a tremendous gain to a cause when it evokes such a liter. at uren-at once ,-well, informed, r well, written, .and : ,well reasoned. ' That is one of cthe. best ways .to gei ,'tjh.e'," ear of /the" world. Thousands will, examine such a cause'Nv,hen it'Js demonstrated in fine books who "would never examine [ into "its merits otherwise. lSq "we recognise iir this fact which we have just stated brie of the most hopeful developments of the' movement for the winning of -Holne Rule for Ireland. Within the past year "we have' noticed already two such works as, we have been preferring to.. From New Zealand came An Impeached Nation from the learned pen of the Rev. Dr. Henry Cleary, the editor of the New . Zealand Tablet, a most illuminating work, calculated to do immense service to the' 'cause of Home. Rule. Then from America came the ;late- Mr. "James Jeffrey Roche's Life of John Boyle O'Bcillyj, in a new. edition, a book throwing much valuable ' light on other^ phases of the latter day history of Ireland," "and revealing, the splendid motives and the heroic patriotism of the men' who preceded the purely constitutional '-movement. . ; . ' ; vcj ; The Lords and Hbme-JRtfle ./ ' -",%; : The New Yprk . correspondent of the "London Standard ! (Conservative) s"ays:,— Much /enthusiasm has been created ' among Irish-Americans by >Xr,, John 1 - Redmond's statement that the curtailment" of the' -veto* of the House of Lords means the establishment of Home Rule. It has given new life; to -jfche.. movement to separate [Ireland ' fromo England ' among Irish- Americans as nothing / else has done of 'repent years. Mr. Robert' O'Flalierty/ director of the Nationalist propaganda in New York, and. one of the most influential Irishmen in America, at an interview, with me, said: — ' 'We endorse Mr. Redriiorid's statement, and 'we intend to do everything possible to assist , in the overthrow of the .House, of Lords for the .benefit, of-. Ireland., _., "It is ,the .greatest cry we..ha^ei.had;for a long time- If.'.the Lords' veto is curtailed ' Home Rule would , be won for ; Ireland tw.o or three years. The Lords alone form t < a? K permarie'nt" block to the 'realisation of ' our hopes. '" Nothing at all can stop us once the Lords are put out of the way: t .^W«, intend to.-i^espond to> Mr. Redmond's. appeal for , money for., the cause.' >„.■•. , , > •■ .• '•■■ ■'■''. ■ ■-- : " ■ • '- ' ■ ' ' .■ -' - ;

"' "i^ Only ' .who have suffered can 'realise the J excruci'atin'g 1 pstm'," tli'e "long weary' days; arid^tlie "longer and'rrioire ■ weafy nights, endured by those afflicted by BheumatisnV, , 'Gout,i>t-Seiatica, s and- Lumbago. RHEUMO'seldom-jifails to > cure these diseases, for- it 'expels* 'the Jcaulse-^-excessitir-ic acid in the, bloody. 2s 6d; and,,4s 5 6d,,at.,a1l chemists.- and. stores.