Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 20 May 1915, Page 47

Intercolonial

General regret (says the Adelaide Southern Cross) will be felt at the news that his Grace the Archbishop is again in- a serious condition. From Perth is reported the death of Mrs. B. G. Quinlan, wife of Dr. Quinlan, of that city. The deceased lady, who was only 29 years of age, was the only daughter of Mr. Henry Campbell, town clerk of Dublin, Ireland. A further amount of £IOOO for the Belgian fund has been despatched by his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney to Bishop De Wachter, the Auxiliary Bishop to Cardinal Mercier, who -is at present residing at the Bishop's House, Southwark, England, making a total of .£ISOO sent to date. At the quarterly meeting of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Melbourne, it was reported that there were 201 active and 71 honorary members in the twenty conferences of the society. These had attended during the quarter to 285 cases, embracing 1368 persons, to whom the number of visits made was 1717. "Literature to the extent of 15,628 good books had been distributed. The amount of money expended on the work during the quarter was £503 19s lOkl. ' Now that the Apostolic Delegate is amongst us,-' said the Archbishop of Sydney at the Hibernian conference, 'what will he do?' Would they get him to make speeches? It was a royal rule in diplomacy that one was never sorry to be silent. The Hibernians and others ' would have their Communion breakfast, and, if convenient, his Excellency would no doubt celebrate the Mass and give Communion, and perhaps attend religious meetings, but he had nothing to do with politics. The Archbishop of Sydney, speaking at the opening of the new school of St. Joseph's, Rozelle, on Sunday, May 2, referred to the war, and in the course of his remarks, said:—'Our Australian soldiers are now face to face with the enemies of our country. They are now in the thick of the battle. It depends very much upon lie generals how many will fall. Our prayers must be with them. Have no misgivings as to their courage, and after a little while I shall have none as to their military training. Have we any reason to have misgivings regarding their numbers ? I think so. Why ? Because in the present crisis every man capable of bearing arms is called upon to do so unless he would allow the fallen to have fallen in vain. If those who are fighting and falling are not to fight and fall in vain every man capable must stand by their side. Without good leadership numbers will not count. But we want the numbers. In the name of the fighting and the fallen, let all join the colors and hasten to. what we believe will be victory for the cause of justice.