Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 6 July 1911, Page 1267

Intercolonial

crat^ 1 R;?u aCe Arc J lbls l l0 P Dunne, of Brisbane, was consemated Bishop twenty-nine years ago—June 18, 1882. . . Mr. Thomas Loughlin, K.S.G., of * Killarnev ’ Warren, heip, has presented Warrenheip (parish of Bungaree) with a Sunday school building on up-to-date lines. M T T n , siste ? f the , lat . 6 Hon - N. Fitzgerald, K.S.G., M.L.C., has died, at the ripe old age of ninety-three. The deceased lady lived at St. Hilda West. • Certain bigots in Adelaide passed a resolution protestmg against the attendance of his Excellency the Governor cioronatL S S i" ql ' } “* H!gh M ‘ ISS at the Cathedral on whJ lle new . Armidale Cathedral, the foundation stone of uhich was |t, blessed by his Eminence Cardinal Moran in lebruary last, ,is already half completed, 940,000 bricks for miniS aid f nd Glve months more should see it ready i 1 , fo .' I main or eastern entrance, of massive stonework, is now in position, and cost, as it stands, £SOO r f /enounced by cable that Miss Eileen Castles has received favoiable notices in the London newspapers for the Rofal Albert HaH, 6 C ‘ ara Butt ’ S ronation concert at The Very Rev. Dr. Brophy, P.P., Dubbo has mad« » very happy recovery from a long and stubborn illness, which n t PaClt £ ted lnm f ? r P? 8 }° ral work almost since his c,as ’’ aftCT r ,^ le D Ee . v : Father A. L. Cortie, S.J., F.R.A.S., leader corona 1 astr ß n °mical party which observed the sun’s corona at \ avail in April lectured recently at Hawthorn Sn 1 i« Hall and at the Xavier College, Kew Victoria. He Fitzroy! d Under the auspices of the Newman Society , , Th e Hon. L. F Hey don, M.L.C., of Sydney, and president of tne Superior Council of the Society of St. Vincent de , 1 r U J in Australasia, who went to Western Australia to ceedtd S bevn T+f S ° f t] l G SOciety in various centres, has succeeded beyond the most sanguine expectations. Conferences have been organised in Kalgoorlie, Boulder, Coolgardie, and Menzies, to mention a few' of the principal places, . Among the passengers for Sydney by the R.M.S. Orsova which reached Largs Bay on June 17, was Rev. Brother Borgia, of the - Manst Brothers’ Order in Auckland. His (!wi P wa. f Ct 1U golng f° Europe (says the Southern Cwsf,) was to see as much as possible of the work in particularly in secondary schools and training coljSph. fl ° 18 aCCOmpanied by Kev - brothers Stephen and ✓ The great annual religious festival of Corpus Christi (says the Catholic Press) was celebrated with fitting ceremony and magnificence on Sunday afternoon June 18 at Manly, in the. grounds of St. Patrick’s College, than wii?h no more exquisite or suitable situation could be imagined ‘.s a setting to one of the most beautiful and impressive demonstration of Catholic fidelity, and, indeed, one of the most glorious expressions of religious feeling observed to ! f w the i? rlst,a " " orld - The attendance, owing to the unfavorable weather, was not as large as on some former occasions, being about 15,000. S alleHnl th +w ai + C !.^n the reports from Wallis Island alleging.that tiouble existed between planters and the liv Ve iHth?r t T Se p le with a - 1 French missionary, the Very Rev. Father J. B. Chevreuil, Procurator of the Marist Missions in the South Sea Islands, made a statement this eek (says the Catholic Press). ‘ I wish,’ he said, ‘to be allowed to correct some of the reports about the so-called trouble in Wallis Island, It is alleged that the French traders complain of the unfair - conditions imposed upon .hem by the native King, and that the planters are practS caily up iAI arms. That the traders complain, lam not surpused- this is a chronic disease among most traders WafhWd 6V f ry i lsland m i tlie Pacific - It is true that in Wallis Island, where goods enter duty free, the King has been heartless enough to put a tax of 5s on each ton of copra exported from the island, and the traders object to it. But who are the French planters?’ he asked- and continuing, said: ‘ 1 know one only, a young Frenchman' in the employ of Messrs' Lever Bros., a well-known Australian l firm. Hie whole trade of the islands is practically m the hands of English and Chinese firms, also a few halfcastes. There is not a single white in Wallis Island to whom the term of planter can be applied. The natives copra haVG Plailtdtlons of cocoanut trees, and they make