Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, 22 February 1917, Page 53

Intercolonial

♦ • ?^'£ h^ Tlea Gavan Duffy, C.GiD:, has been apT pointed Clerk of the Senate at his former salary of £IOOO a year. He is an old boy of St. Patrick's Col- : lege, East Melbourne, in which Chief Justice Madden was also educated. The genuine piety and Christian qualities of the late Archbishop Dunne, of Brisbane, were appreciated - very much outside the Catholic community. For instance, Rev. J. S. Pollock, head of the Socialist Christian Brotherhood in Brisbane, in the course'of a sermon the other Sunday; paid a splendid tribute to, the zeal or the late;Archbishop. •-*-.= ..- -.-..".'- : : , _ The gold medal for English literature in the Leaving Certificates of the Western Australian University has been awarded to James B. Colgan, of the Christian - Brothers College, Kalgoorlie. This is the only;:prize given by the University, and the young .student is to I be congratulated \on his splendid success,-which reflects! the greatest credit on himself and his teachers. '-'- t • t T -S 6 f • Very Rev - M - H °urigan, ;. treasurer of ' the Irish Relief Fund in Adelaide, recently cabled £7OO to the Very Rev. Richard Bowden, Adm.,: Dublin - (who is chairman of the now amalgamated Irish National Aid and Volunteer Dependents' Fund). 7 This, with-' the cabled to : the Archbishop of Dublin soon after the opening of the fund, makes a total of £940 so far sent from South Australia. There is now no doubt that the total will exceed £ 1000. * - '' _ Mr. J F. Collopy, LL.B., of the Commonwealth lreasury, has been appointed a special magistrate for dealing with . war and old-age pensions in Tasmania. Mr. Collopy is secretary of the Old Paradians' Association, Melbourne, and left for the Island i State a ; few days ago (says the Sydney Freeman of' February; 1) "" He was equally. successful in the ;athletic as in the intellectual field, carrying off the best prizes at the sports of the Parade college. It is to be hoped that we shall 1 near no screaming in the sectarian camp, as ■> was the case in Brisbane recently. - • ;: r - His Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Duhig, Archbishop of Brisbane, when speaking at the opening of a school - at. Hamilton (Q.) the other day, said that he had been told in the course of a public controversy that no man 1 had ever had greater opportunities than he (Dr. Duhia) and yet he had completely lost them. He could not see where he had missed any opportunities of erectia*and opening Catholic schools, presbyteries, churches" and convents; he also did not think that -he;-missed any opportunities of co-operating with the priests, -the Christian|Brothers, and the nuns in furthering their magnificent work. He did not know that he was in the world to take any other opportunities. :: An announcement, made at all churches in "the archdiocese of Brisbane on Sunday last (says the Queensland correspondent ? of the Sydney Freeman of February to the effect that the Catholic schools would re-open this week, affords a suitable opportunity to refer to the glorious work , of Catholic :education' in - Queensland. This is more particularly appropriate as one of the items included in -the objects of the newly-1 formed Bigoted League is 'to maintain "the national - system of education without endowment, concession, or privilege in any form to : any , denominational or ~k private schools.' As one eloquent i preacher briefly summed up the situation referring to the subject: 'Was there ever a time in the history of Queensland whenceCatholic clergy and laity had reason to feel more proud than the present day, when their educational « centres : are,the objects :; of \ green eyes i of \ jealousy. To instance : the wonderful achievement of education ' imparted by the teaching Orders, it is only necessary to refer to the results of extension scholarships published last;"? week. They were won by students who two years ago secured State scholarships. Out of some 70 successful , ; students, half that number were those taught in the - Catholic colleges.•■•'?;;■ When it is remembered 1 that Cath-1 olics are only one-fourth of the population, this result is self-explanatory.' ' 1