Commonwealth Notes

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 11, 25 March 1925, Page 43

Commonwealth Notes

V NEW SOUTH WALES. T Many wore the. deserved tributes paid on-' February 18 at Narandera to the Very Rev. P. Hartigan, P.P., whose pen-name, "John O'Brien," is familiar as household words in the mouths of others besides Catholic readers. The occasion was a presentation of £6OO to the poet-priest, who has endeared himself to all in the district and not a few beyond it. It was fitting that two of the finest eulogies to Father Hartigan should have come from Archdeacon Pawling (Anglican) and the Rev. W. Carlyle Moulton, who attended. Father Hartigan is taking ,a well-earned holiday. Very Rev. Father Collender, P.P., left for Europe by the Ormonde the other week, after twenty years' labor in Surry Hills parish, where he has endeared himself to his people by his great zeal, kindly nature, and charitable and genial character. Some fine parochial works stand to Father Collender's credit. He is the travelling companion of his Lordship Dr. Carroll (Bishop of Lismore). Among the priests who sailed bv the Maunganui was the Rev. Dr. P.-J. Sheehy, subeditor of the Catholic Press, who is taking a twelve months' holiday, after 23 years' service in the archdiocese, the major portion of the time being nassed on the professorial staff of St. Patrick's College, Manly. Dr. Sheehy before his departure was farewelled by some of the Manly priests and presented with a valuable camera. The Very Rev. John Hall, CM., president v of St, Stanislaus' College, Bathurst, was farewelled by the students on the eve of his departure to Europe on vacation. He was the first Australian native ordained to the Vincentian Order, and his brother, Rev. Mark Hall, CM., was the second.

VICTORIA. On Sunday morning, the Ist inst., there was a very large congregation at St. Mary's, West Melbourne, when his Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Cpppo, Vicar-Apostolic of Kimberley, spoke of the work of the evangelisation of the Australian aboriginals, which recently had been undertaken by the Salesian Congregation. The collection in aid of the mission realised £IOO. In the evening there was again a very large congregation. His Lordship spoke of the industrial school soon to be established at Diamond Creek by members of his congregation. The collectionfor this purpose amounted to £33. His Lordship the Bishop presided over the first meeting of the branch of the Salesian Cooperators. "The Association of Salesian Cooperators is like one of the Third Orders of olden time," explained the Ven. Don Bosco on one occasion, '-'with this difference, that f '•' in the Third Orders the object was the atjk tainmeht: of Christian perfection by pious exercises; whilst among the Co-operators the I chief end is the active life in the exercise of charity to our neighbor, and especially I the young who are in danger." ' Dean Carey j was appointed president of the West Melbourne branch of the Co-operators. ■-< i;, B

The other Sunday, his Grace the Arch-"' bishop of Melbourne (the Most Rev. Dr. Mannix) was presented with £I2OO from the Old Girls' Association, Convent of the Good Shepherd, to found a bursary at Corpus Christi College, Werribee, for the education of priests for the archdiocese of Melbourne. Melbourne is taking a lead in two notable developments of Catholic education. The Salesian Fathers, who have done notable work in agricultural training, are about to establish an Agricultural College at Diamond Creek, a few miles outside the city. And on a recent Sunday his Grace Archbishop. Mannix blessed and opened a Technical College, at South Melbourne, which has been placed, in charge of specially-trained Christian Brothers. The Rev. Father Bertrand (Provincial of the Passionists in Australia) left recently for Rome to be present at the General Chapter of the Order, which takes place at the end of April. Father Bertrand will be absent from Australia for at least six months. Recently, a number of the parishioners of St. Mary's, Star of the Sea, West Melbourne, waited on the Very Rev. Dean Carey, P.P., and expressed their desire to celebrate, in a befitting maimer, his golden sacerdotal jubilee. The Dean, in declining the proffered honor, said he did ■ .not require further proof of their goodness, kindness, and generosity, which had been abundantly proved by the fact that £IOO,OOO had been expended in the parish during the last 25 years. Dean Carey celebrated his golden sacerdotal jubilee on Sunday, the 22nd February, and it thus synchronised with the solemn consecration of his beautiful parish church by the Apostolic Delegate, that crowns West Melbourne as St. Patrick's Cathedral does East Melbourne. In compliance with the expressed wish of the Dean there will be no further celebration of the auspicious event. The first Catholic technical school in Australia was opened in South Melbourne last Sunday afternoon by his Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne in the presence of a large and enthusiastic gathering (says the Advocate for March 5). Among the speakers were his Grace the Archbishop, Very Rev. R. Collins, V.V., Very Rev. J. A. Kindelan, 0.C.C.", Rev. Brother Hickey, . Mr. T. M. Burke, Mayor Jones, and Mr. R. Williams, M.L.C. A magnificent response was • made to the appeal for funds, upwards of £2250 being subscribed. Specially' trained .Christian Brothers are to have charge "of -the. school, and provision will be made for teaching 200. boys. ."■.',;:': .';;.''; v\ s -

QUEENSLAND. I | Mr. Justice Brennan, of Queensland, whose appointment has caused annoyance to ' certain people, including an Anglican Bishop (says the Catholic Press), is the second "son of the late Mr. Martin Brennan, of Maryborough. Entering upon articles of 1 clerkship at Warwick, he secured'first place in the final solicitors' examinations in 5 1911. He

practised for two years in Warwick, and from 1913 to 1920 in Toowoomha. He has also ;p;rsQtised .gs..,'.a- solicitor for five years in Brisbane, and- was admitted as a"barrister in August last. Mr. Brennan has represented Toowoomha in the State Parliament since March; 1918,, when, he' defeated % the sitting Nationalist member, Mr. James Tolmie, and he was re-elected in 1920. He gained much notoriety on account of the prominent part he took in exposing the.attempt to bribe a member .of the Legislature. At the ensuing elections in May, 1923, the bribery case was made an issue, and Labor was successful at the polls. Mr. Brennan was re-elected for Toowoomba, and in July of the same year he was appointed an assistant Minister. For the next 12 months he occupied the newlycreated position of Assistant Home Secretary, and was promoted to full Cabinet rank in July last. « ' f Rev. Brother J. N. Moore has arrived in Brisbane to organise the celebrations in connection with the golden jubilee of the Christian Brothers' College, Gregory Terrace, which was opened in 1875. An appeal will be made to the ex-pupils, and to the public generally, for funds, to * add an additional storey to the educational block of the college. A general meeting to open the campaign will be held in the near future.