Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLIII, Issue 18, 4 May 1916, Page 15

Intercolonial

■ :....: v .-;•■,;... }j£~ ■' .:; » ;;-...■; - ;; : -,-:;,.- <^z\ ;■ j at'.--. Speaking at the annual meeting of the" Mater. Misericordise Hosprtal, North Sydney; the Archbishop of Sydney referred to the fact that the Catholic iamates of the ■hospital were in a minority, and it was pleasing to know that the Catholic hospitals were appreciated. > ,"{ > ■■ Two West Australian priests, Rev. Father P. Briody and the Rev. Father D. ; O'Donnell, were on the Sussex when j she was ,torpedoed in the English Channel. They ; cabled to Archbishop Clune that they were rescued but are unable to resume their journey to Australia. ' : ■-;'. Mr. W. Archibald, M.H.R., who was present at the laying ot the foundation-stone of the new presbytery at Brompton, .-South... Australia, by his Grace the Most Rev Dr. Spence, Archbishop of Adelaide, declared that the Catholic Church had done its share, and perhaps more than its share, in helping to build up the moral tone that was doing so much to right the present war. Although not a member of that Church, Jie could not help admiring the noble work it was performing. .. - s' 1.-■I.-■ -' The first sod of the ground on which the Catholic College is to be erected in the University reserve, Melbourne J was turned on April 11, in the presence, of his Grace the - Archbishop of Melbourne, the Most Rev Dr Mannix, and the Rev. Dr. Kelly, P.P. The site is a hive of industry (says the .Advocate); teams of ploughs and harrows _ working to prepare the ground for the foundations. Quantities of Barabool stone are being handled by the stonemasons, and within a few days some 200 men will he at work. Judging from the thorough manner in which the builder, Mr. B. Moriarty, has taken' up the work, the college should, be ready for occupation within contract time. '.•'.' . Sincere regret was felt in Victoria when the death of the Very Rev./Dean Nolan, P.P. of Colac, was announced. He had been ailing for two months, and was an inmate of St.. Evan's Private Hospital, East Melbourne. The late Dean Nelan was born in" County Kerry on the 29th September,.. 1840, and was consequently" in his 76th year. He entered the Foreign Missionary College of All Hallows', Dublin, in 1858, being ordained in June, 1863, and arrived in Melbourne in November of the same year. His first mission, as a young man of 23, was in South Gippsland, where he spent six months. He was then transferred to Carisbrook for a brief period, and was appointed to the Colac mission in 1864, never to leave it - for the long period of 52 years. - ■ Among the Australian officers who ere decorated with the Legion of Honor for .services on Gallipoli Peninsula was Major (temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) P. D. Fitzgerald, D. 5.0., of the 11th Hussars. He is a son of the late Hon. N. Fitzgerald, K.S.G., M.L.C., of Melbourne. Colonel Fitzgerald was on the staff of the Cavalry Brigade at Ladysmith, and underwent the siege, winning the D. 5.0." Till he-was sent to the Dardanelles on the staff of '. the 2nd Mounted Expeditionary Division he was brigademajor of the First Cavalry Brigade at Aldershot. In 1914 Colonel Fitzgerald married Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, mother of the present and widow of the late Duke. Colonel Fitzgerald received the fourth class, or cross of the grade of Officer of the Legion of Honor. - Mr. Edward Fitzgerald, LL.D., of Chancery lane, Melbourne, is a brother of the Lieut.-Colonel. > The art union organised by the H.A.C.B. Society for our Catholic charities was, as we all know, a success, but it is probable that few will really realise the greatness of that success until they actually read the lengthy list of donations to Catholic institutions which the District Board has decided upon (says the Freeman's Journal).:, The following amounts have been distributed ! by ; the District Board:Waitara Foundling Home, £45; St*. Brigid's Orphanage, Ryde, £SO; St. Michael's Boys' Orphanage, Baulkham Hills, £4O; Institute Deaf and Dumb (Dominican Nuns, Waratah), £35; St. Joseph's Boys' Orphanage, Kincumber, £35; Sisters of Mercy Orphanage,* Cowper (Lismore diocese), £2O; Sisters of Mercy Orphanage, West Maitland, v £3O; Mater dei Orphanage, NareUah/' £35; . St. Vincent's Hospital, £35; Lewisham Hospital, £3s ;'. Sacred Heart Hospice for Dying, £35; St. Joseph's Hospital, Auburn, £3o;' Sacred Heart Hospital, Young, i£3o; Sisters of Mercy' Orphanage, -. Newtown . (Albury), £25; Mater Misericordise Hospital, North Sydney, £2O; Boys' Orphanage, South Goulburn, £25; Sisters of Mercy Girls' Orphanage, Bathurst, £25; St. Anne's Orphanage,: Liverpool, £2O; St. Joseph's Orphanage, Lane Cove road, £3O; Orphanage for Girls, Kenmore (Goulburn), £35; St. -Anne's Orphanage, Broken Hill, £ls. Total amount distributed,- £650.