Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 26 June 1913, Page 47

Intercolonial

Rev. Father Robinson, having firmly declined to accept a testimonial from his parishioners, they decided to present to the new church at Camberwell, in his name, the colossal golden statue of Our Lady of Victories,; 4 which is to surmount the great dome. . The statue will cost £250. : C The net proceeds of St. Patrick’s night concert in Melbourne resulted in a profit of £lll Is, which has been distributed as follows: Sacred Heart School (Sisters of Mercy), Fitzroy, £SO; Foundling Hospital, Broadmeadows,-£3O 10s 6d ; Receiving Home, Grattan street, Carlton, £3O 10s 6d. ' His Excellency the Governor gave a luncheon at State Government House, Sydney, to commemorate the inauguration of the additions ; to St. Mary’s Cathedral. The following among other guests were invited: His Excellency the Admiral, the Archbishop of Sydney, the Archbishop of Melbourne, the Archbishop of Brisbane, the Archbishop of Melbourne, the Bishops of Ballarat, Sale, Goulburn, Armidale, Maitland, Bathurst, and Lismore. Rev. Fathers Albert Kelly and William Nolan, C.SS.R., have arrived from Ireland at the Redemptorist Monastery, North Perth. Father Kelly is a native of Dublin, and was stationed at the Dundalk Monastery. Father Nolan, who is a native of Foynes, County Limerick, was at the Monastery, Esker, Athenry, County Galway. Both will remain for the present in the West, and probably one of them will take the place of Father Grogan, who leaves in the near future for the Philippines. The Superior of the Jesuits in Australia, Very Rev. John Ryan, S.J., has sent the following letter to his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney:—‘St. Ignatius’, Richmond, Melbourne, May 29, 1913. My dear Lord Archbishop, —ln the name of the Society I feel it my duty to express my sincerest thanks to your Grace and to the priests of the archdiocese for the kind sympathy manifested by you and them on the occasion of the obsequies of Father Keating. I have been away in Adelaide, and have only just returned here, otherwise I should have written sooner. With profound respect, your Grace’s most : dutifully in Christ.— John Ryan, S.J.’ His Lordship Bishop Clune of Perth and the Hon. J. D. Connolly, M.L.A., also of Perth, were in Malta for the recent Eucharistic Congress. They were very cordially, received by a number of the Congress committee. Both his Lordship and Mr. Connolly were present at a meeting of the Maltese Emigration Committee, held at the officers’ mess, Royal Maltese Artillery, and spoke on the question of Maltese emigration to Western Australia. Mr. Connolly paid a tribute to his Excellency Sir Gerald Strickland’s advocacy of Maltese immigration, which he said had done much to forward the movement. Bishop Clune also addressed the sectional meeting for the English-speaking congressists in St. Augustine’s Church. - The banquet of the Catholic laity of Sydney to the Archbishop of Sydney and the visiting Australian Hierarchy, in connection with the laying of the foundations of the unfinished portion of St. Mary’s Cathedral, was held on the evening of June 5. There was a large and representative gathering, and when the Archbishops and Bishops arrived they were greeted with enthusiasm. The Hon. J. L. Trefle (Minister for Lands) was in the chair, with his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney on his immediate right, and his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne on his left. The other members of the Hierarchy present were the Most Rev. Dr. Mannix (Coadjutor- Archbishop of Melbourne), their Lordships Bishops Higgins (Ballarat)]' Dwyer (Maitland), O’Connor (Armidale), and Carroll (Lismore). The only toast was that of ‘The Australian Hierarchy,’ which was responded to by their Graces the Archbishops of Sydney and Melbourne, the Coad-jutor-Archbishop of Melbourne, and his Lordship Bishop Higgins. . ' j