Commonwealth Notes

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLIX, Issue 38, 28 September 1922, Page 30

Commonwealth Notes

: , .NEW SOUTH WALES. In the musical world many people have been wondering why, in the daily paper interviews, Miss Rosina Buckman made no reference to her old friend, John McCormack, who gave her such encouragement in the early" days of her career. The fault is not Miss Buckman's. She has made graceful acknowledgment of the great tenor's kind interest, but the daily papers in their anti-Irish dementia have exised her grateful references to McCormack. In the presence of a large gathering, the magnificent school of St. Gabriel's for Deaf Mutes/ to be conducted by the Christian Brothers, was opened- at Castle Hill on Sunday afternoon, the 10th. inst., by his Grace the Arch- ! bishop of Sydney. Ideal weather prevailed for the occasion, and many visitors travelled from Sydney and the verious suburbs. In welcoming Most Rev. Dr. Kelly, Rev. Father McNamara said that his Grace the Archbishop had put his hand to a great many works, beginning with St. Mary's Cathedral, but the work at Castle Hill was the greatest work with which he had associated himself. The work of assisting the deaf and dumb appealed to all classes. His Grace the Archbishop, who was received with prolonged applause, said words could not express his gladness in seeing the beginning of a. school for our little deaf - boys in all Australia. "Before I speak on this particular work," continued his Grace, "I will ask you to turn your thoughts for''a while to Ireland. We are akin to Ireland, and indebted to Ireland. I speak now as an Australian. We have said over and over again Australia for the Australians, England for the English, Scotland for the Scotch, and Ireland for the Irish. (Applause.) His Grace read a letter from an old class-mate of his, the Bishop of the City of the Broken Treaty, namely, Limerick. In the course of the letter, his Lordship wrote: ."We have been practically cut off from the outside world for nearly three weeks, and in the throes of a civil _war.... For'ten days and nights rifles and machine guns were beating away, and. they brought the terrible big gun, reminding me of the morning of September 20, 1870. [The date of Garibaldi's attack on the Porta Pia, Rome,] These brought things to an issue. The Irregulars, or as they are pleased to call themselves, the Republicans,- won another position in the four military barracks, which practically dominate the city. The Government, or National, soldiers, had only one big police barrack in the heart of the city, which, with the neighboring houses, "they fortified as best they could. They were for some days in danger of being overwhelmed or having' to surrender. They got some reinforcements, with a few; big guns, and turned them on the stronghold or the others*. They battered down the walls, captured the garrisons, after which the Irregulars the next night left the city in darkness, having set fire to the three barracks. They then retreated' on towards Cork and Kerry. It is all very sad, but God has "permitted it for our own good. , Many good young fellows have been led astray, and will, I fear, become demoralised. Wherever they go they leave behind them a track of looting and destruction of property. Insofar as I can see, the Provisional Government is determined, and able to cope with the situation. The difficulties are enormous, but they have the country at their back. It will take some time before things are settled all through the country." Dr. Hallinan adds: "Any number of wild rumors were circulated about me — I was wounded, shot,. and died of a broken heart, buried, etc. But I am in excellent health, and hopeful for the future of the country." ' VICTORIA." St. Vincent's Hospital benefits handsomely under the terms of the; will of Lady Gillott, relict of Sir Samuel Gillott. The whole of money belonging to the estate, which, according to the daily papers, is valued at £200,000, goes to charity, there being no children. St. Vincent's Hospital being left one-tenth, will participate to the extent of something like £20,000. The Gillotts were not Catholics, but were great friends of the Sisters of Charity and admirers of the glorious work which they are carrying on at St. Vincent's. This magnificent recognition of the value of the great humanitarian institution at Eastern Hill" is most gratifying to. the Sisters of Charity, and, indeed, to all lovers of St. Vincent's. St. Vincent's Hospital also' re- , ceives £SO under the will of the late Mr. David Zukerman, and a further £SO under the eighth annual distribution of the Joseph Kronheimer Trust. ,'~? The Redemptorist community have sustained a severe loss bv the death of.the Rev. Cornelius Treacy, who passed peacefully away at St. Evin's private hospital on Friday, September 8, Feast, of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin ' Mary. The deceased priest was born near Lough Glen, Co. Limerick, in 1877, and thus was in his 45th year. He was educated at Crescent College, S.J., Limerick, arid was Master of Studies in Teignmouth, South Devonshire, and in Belfast. He was professed April, 1897, and ordained September 11, 1904. father Treacy was stationed at various houses of the RedemptJorist Order in Ireland. He came to Australia in 1911, and was attached to the Monastery, Waratah, N.S.W., as Rector'.''l9ls-18, which office he also filled at Perth. W.A., 1918-21. The deceased priest, after serious illness, came to ; Ballarat last April to recuperate. '."_•> , N ' -• .

""'"The' St. Patrmlrs procession case IB" likely to "become a||. cause celebre in our civic history "(says the Tribune, Mel- Hf bourne). It has marked '& splendid;triumph for our people! and, "indeed, for the whole, of '■ tnaj> 'section -of . Melbourne | citizens .which• stands for fair play and against unjust dis-,j crimination. For the courageous: manner in which it has! fought Bumbledom the committee has earned the thanks! ,of all those, whose interests at any time might have been menaced by the Town Hall reactionaries had they won out. , And, apart altogether from the important public principles involved in our victory over, a set of meddling, narrowminded bigots, it is gratifying indeed to see such a, severe fall taken out of such self-important gentry, though the cost to the -ratepayers has been heavy. The attitude of the! City Council was, Of course, a huge mistake from, the very|J commencement. t It was preposterous for the Town Hall to attempt to prohibit a popular and firmly established de-1 monstration without having the power to enforce that de-1 cision. The Council has squandered lavishly the"ratepayersM funds in order to establish the ' fact that it had no legal | standing on which to base such a decision. It launched! prosecutions,, against certain promoters of the procession, and was forced to drop them. It appealed against the decision of the Supreme Court that it had no legal right to veto the procession, and lost the appeal with" costs. It decided on an appeal to the Privy Council, but found out that it had allowed the prescribed time to pass without having taken any action, to carry out its own decision. It! then approached the High Court, and was given leave to appeal, provided it paid the costs of the appeal in any! case. Surely a. more sorry exhibition of ineptitude was! never witnessed in our civic life.. B SOUTH AUSTRALIA. j His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne (Most Rev.l Daniel Mannix, D.D.) (says the Southern Gross for Sep-I tember 8), arrived in Adelaide by .the express on Wednes-1 day morning, accompanied by the Very Rev. Dean Carey,l P.P., West Melbourne. It was a beautiful spring morning,» sunshine and shade alternating/ and the hills and city I looked their best as the train ran down from Mount Lofty. 1 A large and enthusiastic crowd, including large numbers 1 of ladies, had assembled on the platform, which was packed I from end to end; and there was even a larger crowd out- I side. When Archbishop Mannix stepped on the platform he was met and welcomed by Archbishop Spence and Rev. 1 Father Gatzemeyer, Adm., of the Cathedral, and was received with loud cheers by the enthusiastic crowd which thronged round him, several waving Irish flags; So enthusiastic were the people that it was only with the utmost difficulty that a way was cleared for the Archbishop and party from the platform to the entrance gate, where the motor oars were in waiting. The people crushed through the gate in thick masses after the Archbishop had merged with the surging crowd outside. The appearance of Dr. Mannix was greeted with further cheers and hand-waving, and those who were close enough touched him as he passed by. After struggling through the crowd and gaining the car, the next difficulty was to get the car through the still j increasing crowd. That was ultimately accomplished. Arch-; bishops Mannix and Spence proceeded direct ) from . the 1 railway station to the Archbishop's house at Glen Osmond. 1 The two Archbishops, shortly after Dr. Mannix's arrivel, 1 paid a visit to thehome for .'aged people conducted bv the! Little Sisters • of the Poor, at Lourdes Valley, much to the delight of the inmates. The Archbishops and a number of the clergy had dinner at Glen Osmond. Enthusiasm reached its height in the evening, when the . Exhibition was thronged with such a crowd as has never before greeted . anv public man in Adelaide. Hundreds, in fact, were uniable to gain admission? As Archbishops Mannix and, • Spence entered the building the vast audience rose en'' mmse and greeted them with loud and prolonged cheers that must have been heard far off. • The proceedings opened with selections by the .Irish Pipers and musical items by pupils of the, Dominican Convents arid Convent of Mercy. Angaston. and other performers. ; Archbishops Spence and Mannix then mounted the platform amid cheers iand after ) a brief introductory speech by the Archbishop of Adelaide, , his Grace of Melbourne rose amid a storm of cheering prolonged for several minutes. He delivered an address in his usual calm, clear, and convincing manner, illumined by frequent flashes of humor, and punctuated throughout .. by applause and laughter. " : , ' Much regret (savs an exchange) ' was expressed, hot only by Catholics, but also by his many non-Catholic I friends, when the news was made known that Bishop Nor-j ton, of Port Augusta, was seriously ill and confined to his room at Peterborough suffering from a stroke! The Bishop (who has been. over 35 years in the northern diocese) came from Ouorn to be ready to welcome Dr. Mannix and accompany him up tor Broken Hill. His sudden seizure unfortunately upset all his plans and those of his parishioners, though a big crowd- welcomed the distinguished visitor. AMost:R'ev. Archbishop Mannix., Rev. Father Ryan i and the ex-Ma(Mr. Jones') met the trVin. Bishop Norton, who is w Victorian, has done great work through the,' northern districts, -and has a great number of churches to his credit. When he came to South Australia first he was in ■■. charge of the Cathedral in Adelaide. . './.-^-..'•'. v - j