OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 10 September 1914, Page 36

OBITUARY

REV. DAVID MULCAHY, C.SS.R., WEHLINGTON On last Thursday night, at the Rcdemptorist Monastery, Wellington, there passed away the Rev. Father David Mulcahy, C.SS.R. (writes our Wellington correspondent, under date September 5). The deceased, who was a native of County Cork, Ireland, was in the 28th year of his age. He began his ecclesiastical studies at St. Column's College, Fcrmoy. He was an ardent student of the Irish language, speaking it fluently, and once secured the second place in all Ireland at the annual intermediate examinations /for Gaelic. He entered the Redcmptorist novitiate at Dundalk, County Louth, in 1905, and on September 8, 1906, ho was professed a member of the Order. From Dundalk he was sent to the Rcdemptorist house of studies, St. Patrick s Eskcr, County Galway, where once flourished a famous Dominican Monastery. Towards the end of his fifth year of study, Father Mulcahy was stricken down with rheumatic fever. From that time— l9lo may be dated his decline in health. From the fever, lung trouble developed, and, still in a weak state of health, he was ordained to the priesthood by his Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Gilmartin, Bishop of Clonfert. The drier and warmer climate of Australia having been recommended for the young priest, his superiors sent him to the monastery at Waratah, N.S. Wales. From there, much improved in health, he was sent to Mt. St. Gerard, Wellington. Here he spent the past fifteen months. He was able to take his share in the work of the ministry, preaching and hearing confessions, and ho took part in one of the missions given last year at Petonc. About May last he caught a cold, which caused a revival of the old lung trouble, with increased virulence, and from that time he lingered on, gradually losing strength. The crisis was reached on Thursday. About 8.30 p.m. he received with touching devotion the last rites of Holy Church, the end coming about 11 o’clock. The Fathers and Brothers were with the good priest in his agony, the prayers for the dying being recited, at the conclusion of which he expired. The Very Rev. Joseph Mulcahy, Mackay, North Queensland, is a brother of deceased, and two of his sisters are nuns in Ireland — one a Sister of Mercy and the other a- (French) Sister of Charity in Dublin. 'On Friday evening at 8.30 the body was brought to the church by members of the Holy Family Confraternity attached to St. Gerard’s Church. A Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated at 9 o’clock on Saturday morning, there being a very large gathering of clergy and laity. His Grace Archbishop O’Shea was prevented from attending on account of having to leave Wellington that morning for the opening of a new church. The funeral took place immediately after the Mass. We commend the soul of the good priest’ to the fervent prayers of the faithful. —R.l.P. MR. WILLIAM C. CTASQUOINE, WELLINGTON. The many friends in Wellington of' Mr. William C. Gascmoine, late general manager of the State Coal Mines Department, received a painful shock when they learned this morning that he had passed away at his residence in Hill street after a short illness (writes our

Wellington correspondent, under date September 5). The deceased, who was very popular, was born at Maryborough, Victoria, in 1860, and when six years of age came to New Zealand with his parents. For several years ho resided in Charleston, where his father was in business. In 1874 he entered the office of his uncle, Mr. Martin Kennedy, at Greymouth, and in 1885 he was sent to Wellington to take up the duties of assistantmanager of the Brunner Coal Company’s branch in this city. The business was afterwards amalgamated with that of the Westport Coal Company, and Mr. Ga-s----quoine was then appointed local manager of the branch, retaining the position until he and another acquired the business, which they sold to the State Coal Department in April, 1906. Mr. Gasquoino managed the Department’s depot here for some time and was then, on the retirement of the late Mr. Alexander Macdougall, managing agent, appointed general manager for New Zealand. Owing to a rearrangement of offices, he retired from that position on the first day of last month, with three months*"' leave of absence. The deceased gentleman had suffered from an affection of the heart for a considerable time, but his condition only became serious a few days ago. On Monday last he felt unwell and took to his bed, but was well enough to leave it on Wednesday morning. In the evening he again complained of feeling ill and he died at 1 o’clock this morning. Ho was a director of the Wellington Opera House Company, J. Staples and Co., Ltd., and the Empire Box Company, a prominent member of the Thorndon Catholic parish, and he also belonged to the Thorndon Bowling Club, the Orphans Club, and the Savage Club. He has left a widow (a daughter of the late Mr. J.-L. Kimbell), and a family of four sons and two daughters. His eldest son is Lieutenant Charles Gasquoine, now with the Expeditionary Force at Samoa, and the second son is in the engineering works of the Union Company at Evans Bay. The funeral took place this morning. Solemn High Requiem Mass was celebrated at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart by. the Rev. Father Kimbell, S.M. (brother-in-law), assisted by the Rev. Fathers Smyth, S.M., as deacon and Tymons, S.M., as subdeacon. The Yen. Archdeacon Devoy, S.M. (Vice-Provincial), was present in the sanctuary, and the music of the Mass was rendered by the students of St. Patrick’s College, assisted by the male members of the choir. The funeral cortege was a large one, indicating the popularity and respect in which the deceased was held.—R.l.P.