Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 5 February 1914, Page 47

Intercolonial

tir The ll Hon. John Meagher, M.L.C., is about to make another trip to Ireland. He will sail from Sydney by the Otranto on February 25. The priests of the diocese of Maitland have presented his Lordship Bishop Dwyer with an all-round ticket in connection with riis pending visit to Rome. Rev. Father Tuohy, pastor of Toowoomba, Queensland, prior to his departure on a twelve months’ holiday in Europe, was presented by his parishioners with a purse of 200 sovereigns. His Lordship Bishop Carroll, of Lismore, left for Rome on Saturday, and will be absent twelve months. . He will attend the Eucharistic Congress at Lourdes. On January 14 the priests of the diocese entertained his Lordship at luncheon, and presented him with a cheque for £l3O. Deniliquin gave the Right Rev. Mgr. Treacy, V.G., a great welcome home on his return from Ireland, and marked the occasion by' a banquet and the presentation of a highly complimentary address, voicing the loyalty and devotion of the people to their pastor and their appreciation of his strenuous labors among them. Mr. Hugh Mahon, M.H.R., has informed a Melbourne pressman that he was never engaged, as reported, in any secretarial or other work with Mr. Parnell. His relations with the Irish leader were only those of a fellow-prisoner in Kilmainham, in 1881-2. During his term he did act for a little while as secretary of a small committee elected by the political prisoners, but Mr. Parnell was not a member of it. Mr. William Redmond, M.P., who has been spending a few weeks at Orange on a visit to the relatives of Mrs. Redmond, who accompanies him, must be back in the House of Commons before the middle of March, when the Home Rule Bill will be introduced for the third and last time. Mr. and Mrs. Redmond, therefore, sail from Sydney by the Marama on February 9 for Vancouver, and they will return to England through America. Two days prior to their departure from Sydney they will be entertained at a harbor picnic, when Mr. Redmond will deliver an address on Home Rule. Mr. R. W. Pennefather, M.L.C., died at Perth on January 16, at the age of 62 years. Born in Ireland, he came to Victoria at an early age, graduated in arts and law at Melbourne University, and practised at the Bar in Victoria and New South Wales for 15 years. He went to Western Australia- 16 years ago, and entered the Assembly. He was Attorney-General for four years, and was appointed an acting Judge in 1903. He resumed practice at the Bar, and in 1908 was elected to the Legislative Council as one of the members for the Northern Province. The Right Rev. Mgr. Hoyne, chaplain to the Community of the Good Shepherd, Hobart, died on January 16, in his 89th year. He was born at Kil- : kenny, Ireland. After passing with distinctionjhrough , All Hallows’ College, Dublin, he proceeded to the y Catholic College at Calcutta as professor of mathematics. In 1851 he arrived in Melbourne, and became assistant priest . at St. Francis’;; Lonsdale street. . Two ■ years later he was transferred to 'the pastorate of Heidelberg; thence he was transferred to Geelong, and ■ afterwards labored in Ballarat diocese for 20 years, V first at Warrnambool, then at Hamilton, and finally I became "Vicar-General at Ballarat. In 1899 he visited f Tasmania, and at the invitation of the Archbishop re- ' mained there ever since. He carried out his duties until ; three months ago. , In this y issue rv (says the Melbourne - Tribune) we I publish the second instalment of ' Catholic college re- | suits at the recent University examinations, and we feel certain our readers will join with us in extending | hearty congratulations to teachers and students on the

brilliant successes they have achieved. The results as published speak • for themselves, but w T o s - cannot allow this opportunity to pass without paying a special tribute of praise to St. Patrick’s College, Ballarat, which, as in former years, holds the pride of placed This college has annexed 17 Senior Public passes, 5 Matriculation passes, and 25 Junior Public passes. In the senior division 12 honor passes have been gained, and in the junior division 82 distinctions. Such a record places St. Patrick’s College easily first among the educational institutions of the State, if not in the entire Commonwealth. S. Under the auspices of the United Irish League, a meeting was held in the Cathedral Hall, Melbourne, on January 15, for the purpose of appointing a delegate to the Home Rule celebrations arranged to take place in Ireland during September. Mr. J. G. Duffy, who presided, in stating the object of the meeting, said it was peculiarly fitting that not only Victoria, but all the overseas Dominions, should be represented at the inauguration of the Irish Parliament at Dublin. They had worked for Home Rule, prayed for it, often despaired of it; and at last they had attained it. He held that the hearts of all Irish people were set upon Home Rule. Mr. J. T. Keane (president H.A.C.B. Society) moved ‘That Dr. Nicholas O’Donnell be hereby appointed such delegate, with full authority to act on behalf of the Home Rulers of Victoria.’ Dr, O’Donnell had been chairman of the United Irish League of Melbourne for a quarter of a century, and during that period he had devoted the best energies of his life to keeping the cause of Irishmen before the people of Victoria. Not only was he an Irishman, and a patriotic Irishman, but he was an Australian citizen, and one of the best types of citizens that Australia possessed. The motion was carried unanimously. Sister Mary Paul, of the Order of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, returned to Sydney by the Mataram, after an absence of thirty years (says the Catholic Pres*). She arrived here three decades ago from France. She has spent many years on Thursday Island, and has also worked for twenty years in Papua. She is now at the Sacred Heart Convent,’ Kensington. Speaking of the work of the mission on Yule Island, the headquarters of the Vicar-Apostolic (Right Rev. Dr. de Boismenu, M.S.H.), she said that the education of the native children was carried on by Australian nuns. There were also some French nuns engaged on the mission, but it was Australian Sisters who educated the children. The mission had many schools scattered about Yule Island, and the native children showed a tendency, speaking generally, to learn quickly, and were very intelligent and bright. The native girls were instructed in domestic duties, and manifested much aptitude in their work. The boys were taught carpentry and other trades. Some of the boys and girls made very successful teachers, and at the present time were doing good work on many stations on the islands. Wherever a bov or girl was found with unusual intelligence the child was drafted into the central station on Yule Island, where special education was given. -■ h