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New Zealand Tablet, 13 April 1911, Page 681

His Eminence Cardinal Moran, accompanied by his Grace the Archbishop of Wellington, his Grace the Archbishop of Hobart, and his Lordship the Bishop of Goulburn, returned to Melbourne from West Australia on March 27 by the R.M.S. Orvieto. The prelates were met by the Very Rev. Dean Phelan, V.G., and convoyed to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, where they were the guests of his Grace the Archbishop till their departure for their dioceses. Commenting on the land and naval defence schemes of the Commonwealth to an interviewer in Adelaide, his Eminence Cardinal Moran expressed the opinion that the compulsory training system was a splendid one for the requirements of Australia. ‘ I read Admiral Henderson’s report in Perth,’ said his Eminence; his scheme is most elaborate and complete, but, of course, it V impracticable at present. Australia and Canada are the wings of the Empire. The body at Home must necessarily bear a great deal of the Empire’s burdens.’