Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 7 September 1911, Page 1771

Intercolonial

The late Mr. Allen McLean, at one time member of the Legislative Assembly (Vic), and of the Federal House of Representatives, left an estate estimated at £53,000, comprising almost equal amounts of realty and personality. Testator bequeathed £SO each to the Gippsland Hospital, Sale, and Bairnsdale District Hospital, the Catholic Convent at Maffra, the Carmelite Catholic Church, Middle Park, and the Old Colonists' Association. The remainder of the estate was left to his family and relatives. -v ; ; . ,\

The Rev. Father Shaw, who proposes to establish an experimental wireless station at King Island, had an interview with the Postmaster-General. No objection (says the Sydney Freeman's Journal) was raised to the application of Father Shaw for an experimental license, and formal permission would be granted in due course. The license would be similar to others granted under the regulations, and the licensee would not have any permit to enter into a commercial project for the transmission of messages by wireless telegraphy. Mr. Norbert Keenan, the member for Kalgoorlie in the Legislative Assembly of W.A., who is coming in for a good deal of notice at the present time, is the son of Sir Patrick Keenan, of Dublin (says the Advocate). The ex-Attorney-General, who has recently returned from a trip to Ireland, was Mayor of Kalgoorlie during the opening of the Goldfields water scheme. A new marble altar, the gift of Thomas Loughlin, K.S.G., was blessed and unveiled a few Sundays ago at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, St Arnaud (Ballarat). The altar, which is a beautiful work of art, was executed by Fratelli Agrone, an Italian sculptor of fame, and the cost, including erection amounted to £7OO. After thanking a number who had given donations towards the furnishing, the Rev. Father Doyle referred in pleasing terms to the characteristic generosity of Mr. Loughlin, who, in addition to donating the altar, had also given £250 towards the building fund of the church, as well as presenting him (Father Doyle) with the handsome vestments he was wearing. The beautiful cope he wore at Benediction and the chalice at Mass that day were also his gifts. No more appropriate last resting-place could be found for the remains of the Cardinal than under the roof of his own Cathedral, and in front of the handsome marble altar dedicated to St. Patrick and Irish saints (remarks the Freeman's Journal). The altar was erected by Mr. T. J. Dalton, K.C.S.G. (Vice-Consul tor bpain), as a memorial to his late father, the Hon Thomas Dalton, M.L.C. The altar, which is beautiful in design, was imported from Italy, where it had been manufactured to Mr. Dalton's order. The door of the tabernacle is composed of pure gold, and the carving generally of the memorial is of the most artistic description. The altar 'is situated in the eastern side of the Cathedral.

His Lordship Bishop Grimes, of' Christchurch, accompanied by his private secretary (Rev. Dr Kennedy), arrived by the Levuka on August 22 (says the Sydney Freeman's Journal). His Lordship left Lyttelton on July 12 on a visit to Nukualofa, Haapai, and Vayau, m the Tongan Group. He then went on to Apia, in Samoa, and : subsequently to Levuka and Suva The Bishop had visited Fiji 17 years before, and noticed vast progress in the work of ; the Marist Brothers in the establishment of churches and schools. Bishop Olier, of Tongoa« who is well known in Sydney, was unfortunately, in very indifferent health. While at Apia, the Bishop paid a visit to the ex-King Mataafa whom he found in a cheerful and thriving condition' News of-the Cardinal's death was received by wireless telegraph aboard the Levuka while on the way to Sydney, and, of course, caused his Lordship great grief and surprise. ' Dr. Grimes will remain in Sydney for a fortnight, and during that time will be the guest of the Marist Fathers at St. Patrick's presbytery