DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

New Zealand Tablet, 18 March 1915, Page 49

DIOCESE OF AUCKLAND

- (From our own correspondent.) March 8. Four young priests for the Auckland diocese are expected from Ireland next October. Rev. Father Eccleton, of Wellington, was successfully operated on at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital last Wednesday, and is progressing most satisfactorily. * Right Rev. Mgr. Brodie, Y.G., has taken over charge of the Parnell parish, and Rev. Father Murphy of the Ponsonby parish. Rev. Father O’Malley left on Saturday by the southern steamer to take charge of the Ormond parish. Very Rev. Father Clune, C.P., brother of his Grace Archbishop Clune, arrived from Sydney on Sunday afternoon, and preached in the evening at the Grey Lynn parish church. While here he will be the guest of Very Rev. Chancellor Holbrook. The Auckland Star states that Lieutenant Norman Holbrook, R.N., in command of the submarine 811, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery and distinguished service in the Dardanelles, is a cousin of the Very Rev. Father Holbrook of this city. His Lordship the Bishop left at the cud of the week on a visitation of the southern part of the diocese. The following further changes among the diocesan clergy have been announced. Rev. Father Farragher has been transferred from the Cathedral to Ponsonby, and Rev. Father Dunphy from Remuera to the Cathedral. Rev. Father Cahill announced at the Masses at, the Cathedral on Sunday that he had assumed the Administratorship of the parish at the request of his Lordship the Bishop. He said he,was no stranger to the people, as he had many pleasant recollections of his former connection with them. He was pleased to be amongst them once more, and with their hearty co-operation the parish would flourish and prosper. Rev. Fathers John A. Roche and Hugh Conaghan arrived in Auckland last week from Rotorua and the Thames. Father Roche, who is an eloquent preacher, delivered impressive sermons at St. Benedict's, the Cathedral, and other churches during his holiday in the Dominion. Fathers Roche and Conaghan left for Sydney on Tuesday by the Riverina, greatly benefited by their tour in New Zealand. Rev. Father Conaghan preached a very instructive sermon on Sunday night, February 28, at St. Benedict’s on the ‘ Sacrament of Penance.’ A question of importance, affecting not only Auckland but the whole Dominion.has arisen here. The Harbor Board imposed new additional charges on the Ferry Company, claiming that such charges amounted to 3 per cent, on the cost of constructing the new ferroconcrete jetties for the sole use of the ferry steamers. The Ferry Company exhausted every means of protest without result, and finally, by means of petition, induced the Government to intervene, with the result that a commission is now sitting here to inquire into the reasonableness or otherwise of the Board’s charges. At this stage an important point ariseswhether Government intervention is not an infringement on the rights of local government. Both the morning and evening papers write in emphatic protest against the unwarrantable interference by the Government with local authorities, who are fully capable of managing their own affairs.