Commonwealth Notes

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 23, 24 June 1925, Page 41

Commonwealth Notes

NEW SOUTH' WALES. Two steamers (says the Catholic Press for ,-.Juno l -11)) arrived in Sydney about 7 a.m. on Monday morning with nominated and other passengers on board. The Diogenes' carried Dreadnought Farm apprentices/assisted do- ■ mestics, nominated passengers, and others under the Land Settlement Schemed Our quota on this' steamer was very small, but on the Baradine (P. and O. Branch' Line), the Catholic Jinniigrants' Aid Association I -welcomed .the. largest ' number of - Catholics 'who have arrived in Sydney; under the migration scheme. its : inception, the new arrivals, including - nominated/passengers, as- / sisted domestics, farm-workers, land settlement' scheme and Victorian transferees for farm-work. Many large families were on - board. K -: , > .•,•."• •■ "'J, The Rev. Father .Ti • Scgri, /S;M.,; arrived; ."iii the diocese of Lismore recently, to continue. - /the work of appealing for the "- new Mari •Fathers' College. Father Segrief opened his campaign in the Murwillumbah parish on ..- 'Sunday, 7th inst. Generosity has always been' :// 'characteristic of the Tweed Catholics, and it ■/ /i is hoped that .the cause which„Father , Segr ief ,;// so efficiently represents will make a big ap- ■ . peal -to the people of the /Tweed„ The. con- /- " tributions of; the various • parishes so far -' canvassed have been excellent. . • . Smith town and' Wardell have already contributed .over iSOO each, and/this when • seasons /were -not so prosperous J as they are at •present, and \- 'as i they promise to he in the future. (. -, :..■.:' '-• ■■■".'--■-).-.-'.' .-■. a .■■•■' - ,■'■:'. ... -.-.... / ; ;'■ v " :'- '. : v./ '.•,';>• ! -•; VICTORIA. ;■;.) ''/■ /. We arrived in Rome on Thursday,and were accorded a magnificent reception" (says a mes- / sage/from, Rome under date June 1, from the //Special correspondent. of" the Melbourne Advocate with the Australasian Pilgrimage). k"There were scenes of . remarkable enthusiasm r'/ras/Archbishop/Vlaunix stepped ■/ iron* the ; train. He was at once greeted by the Right / Rev. Mgr. O'Hagan, Rector of the Irish Col'lege, where the Archbishop will reside during. ///his' sojourn in the Eternal City; Bishop\ Fo- . ley, of Ballarat * and Bishop Carroll; of Lis- ' more. Amidst a mingled chorus- of /?Hur- / rahs and "Vivas !'. f a hand burst forth with ;- ; "The , Queen of the South," Dr. O'Reilly's 1 ■--..■patriotic anthem. The pilgrims were /deeply touched at this tribute to their far-away country. The players were boys and young" /. . men from the Salesian , Institute, just near '(■ 7 the railway/ station. The/Australian flag was saluted by soldiers, sailors,/and boy >scouts. /; A familiar figure on the station was that of • the Very Rev. Dr. Rbnayne; now Assistant- /•■;/. General of the Carmelites,/ami/ once parish priest, of Port Melbourne. ,! -With him were ;■,:. the• Carmelite Father-General (the Most Rev. E. Magennis) and representatives of the Dominicans, Augustinians, ; Jesuits, and ' Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. Other- wellknown ecclesiastics who ' greeted us were his > Excellency'' the -Most Rev. •P. Giobbe (Apos- .. tolic Nuncio to the Republic of Colombia and' till recently Rector of the Propaganda College); Mgr. Rella, of Sistine Choir fame j

the Right Rev. d.. Dunne, Auxiliary Bishop of New York; and leather Collender, of Surry '.{:". Hills' (N.S.W.). '. Conspicuous by their red sash.es> students of the Propaganda;, many of them Australians, beamed a welcome. Stu.dents from vthe Irish, Gregorian, and other - .colleges "were - also present. Our first func- ',• : tion in Rome : was a Solemn High Mass of: thanksgiving in the - Church of St. Agatha attached to the Irish College. His Grace was the celebrant, assisted by Mgr. O'Hagan. The : -students sang the Te Daum and the 1 pilgrims .'-':.(: "Faith ; of Our Fathers.' ! ', ■ o iv Saturday mbr-: ' ._ ning a photograph of'the pilgrims was taken oil the steps of St. Peter's. In the afternoon : a. reception in honorj of the Archbishop was ;,-■': held at the Irish College. After-the reception'. , Dr. Ronayne took a party of us to, see the Sisters ; ; . of the, Little. Company- of Mary, .at .'/ i hospital (San Stefano). Several ; of these.'; ■•;;''■. nursing Sisters ; are Australians. i; The functions on Sunday in connection "with the can- ■ ; onisation of- the Cure of Ars (St. John Vi- ";■'.' an hey) and St. "Job Elides ■ were magnificent beyond description. We saw. our -own leader •. (Dr. Manhix) .and other Australian bishops //in the long • procession of, prelates. ; We saw r 1.: also. Mgr. . Perb'si, the great composer'.. ,Com- . petent authorities state that there were 100,- : /000 people present. -There, was a tense moment when the Holy 'Father, seated on the : ) gestatorial chair and . carried on the shoul- " ders of liver attendants, approached the ; , Basilica from the Vatican. When he came in sight there wits a tumultuous burst cheer- :•- ing. As he passed down the centre of the • .Basilica he;- blessed the people /oh\either side. ■■-■;■ .At.•> night -the .dome of St. Peter's was il- ■■.': luminated, and presented a wonderful spec- .:• tacle. /We viewed-it from the Carmelite College of St. Bo'naventure. Our audience with;, the - Holy Father is arranged for to-morrow" morning." •. t .. ; -/ / ' ' ;.-. Speaking at- : the official opening of the re- .:•;.;' constructed school:/ at ■ Carlton on Sunday, ' 31st ult., Dr. McCarthy, Bishop of Sand<- -;• hurst,- made feeling, reference to their . late., esteemed pastor, the. 'Very. Rev. Dean Heg- "•;;. arty, .who -as young priest, ■ was .working .;■;' in" Victoria' when the Public Instruction Act/ ;,.'/ of,.' 1872 was; passed, and when '.the'Cover hl..;;.;: ment, grant was : . withdrawn ." from" "-Catholic /,: schools in, 1875..- Their deceased pastor had often mentioned with pride how Dr. Gould, ";' then ■■: Archbishop /of- Melbourne, :. backed; up / : fey-, the -priests;, of /.Victoria and the devoted/ ; , and sterling Catholic people, pledged them•//selves publicly before God and the world ■,- '. they would not allow one Catholic school •to be .closed as long as there were even 20'■■•'yCatholic children to die. served. That resolu- '//' phased;'. on the' firm faith .of '.Australian- /. Catholics; and their devotion to the 'spiritual/ .-■ arid temporal, interests of their children, had' been kept. , \ . QUEENSLAND. '. ' i Rev. Brother who is well-known in Adelaide (says the Southern Cross), speak-, ■ ing ;at 'a. smoke social of the'Nudgee College Old Boys'' Association, said that he was ' • pleased to see the success that, 'had attended

the Association's efforts in the establishment' of a. bursary at; the college. The time was - due now when those responsible for the edu-' : , cational>ystem in vogue in secondary schools would need to look around and, taking stock, •■ ... decide whether some ; radical improvements should not be made. Education at the present'time had as its sole object the directing of the cleverest towards the professions. But . ~ the cleverest formed biily a small percentage of; the total number turned out by a second- • ; ary school,, and < the'large majority : of boys % were leaving totally; unfit for any technical occupation in . the world outside. 'die' he-.". -lievedj.that" the time was opportune for the establishment a technical school under the supervision, the Christjan. Brothers, and'/ Nudgee. Col lege was// good place to ; start it. /They should hot let' Other bodies show them -the way in this regard, and technical schools started in the South under the direction of the Christian -Brothers.had"been eminently successful: Most parents sent their boys'sto s. school .to, cram-, their, * minds with; facts, but .« the • real purpose of education was not so. much -to teach a boy facts as' to teach him bow. to .-earn. . - „.■■',-. , The Sisters of Charity (writes the Brisbane , qorrcspondent of the Catholic Press) came, to/ - • Ashgrove. with a •brilliant record from the : southern States at the Archbishop's invita- ■-. tion, and owing to the •phenomenal' 'growth^ -of Catholicism in Queensland; '/the/Rev|s 'Father /T. P. Lalor,; parish priest of Ash- •■ grove, when extending a welcome the other Sunday, to Archbishop Duhig, 'who was pre- .. sent to Mess and open St.' Finbarr's. Convent, lor. the Sisters of Charily." Amongst, ■"■ those present ; were Mr. YY/ Deniioh ' (Lionten, ant-Governor), and Her. .Fathers llogan, , v v Fitzgerald, Dnwling,, and . Keating. '•' Arch:, bishop Duhig said the: Sisters of -Charity were better - known to some of them - 'on,' account.-. .';,?! their connection with some of the finest , : hospitals in the Commonwealth, including the/ one established >at Toonooint.a '. They - ere. .however,'not only great, nurses. but success- ' ful educationalists, as-had been amply \ii'ov.e& ■ their colleges am] school<- in Sydney and. * Melbourne. Brisbane- was cxpanlrig so , : : rapidly that new centres-of religious, ;/''noh\' ;, as/of commercial. activity- were ileitis' i;oi-m«?(l ' 1 and every new ■ -<-*j'»Q'!i*TSj"w^|"^\:-" (adling: for a church and a school. • In A*.h««ib\e i.ioio had been ; marked development in the growth of 'a/' . beautiful suburb. He visualised (hat gicwih i ; years/ago,' and secured land for church pur- ' poses. However, he did not then think that ,; they .-would be so, fortunate as' to be able to ; : , ■>■ secure-a home like this for the Sisters, It *j was,suitable in every respect, and made an ; ideal convent. In addition to,tha two acre.?) ' snrrpunding the .house,, the Sisters bad been' ' able to purchase an' area of hi id it the m ar, so that there ; would be ample 'loom for the children's recreation as long as vhe : school i continued to -be carried' on in those grounds. The cost of building and grounds had f " "] been £oooo. No money could' be expended to - .' better advantage than that which was spent • oh education, and '. particularly on educationsuch as was given by the Sisters, for ii was the complete education—moral, intellectual, ,: and social.

side of the club will be certainly popular. s ! k". It : would be a pity, however, if any of the members were, to take the games too seriously. . It is possible to imagine a young man becoming so interested in billiards that v he allows his hope of becoming a champion , to interfere with his work: One .can-become addicted to billiards ■ almost as much ,as : to drink or gambling. Your promotion in factory or office will be slow if you don't forget : the last game of billiards as soon as you ; put away the cue. The same, of course, --holds .for outdoor-games. If you neglect the -; 3 duties on which your livelihood: depends in •y/ ; ;order to prepare for a big contest, your \-. r chances of forging ahead :in life; are lost. or diminished, while the young fellow who is i v hoarse with cheering you has his left eye on the game and his • right eye on promotion. , Sport has to be taken in moderation. Excess .i'v.in' sport, as in /aU', things',, is foolish. Though it is called the Social Club, it has ;; ft literary side. As stated in the constiution and rules, : it is to promote "literary and •';■■• other like activities." The .name .of the .club is quite, correct. Everybody will unaj derstand its- purpose. Recently, a. football: team hailing from-Port Chalmers came into prominence as.> the' Port Convent football team. . Rightly .or wrongly, unpleasant things appeared in ■': the •■' daily' papers about that ::team. /.One would infer from the name of it : r that the players ' were being taught by- the - Sisters of ; St.-. Joseph" at the 'convent .school. - v In..fact, 1 have- been ■ advised to chastise "those .boys".;. but, owing to their, size and . age, • I prefer, to leave-that '-work to the I man with the whistle. . The i literary side will, I trust, prove atV' tractive to "all the members, young and old. . I • shall be glad to donate some books to r your library.; Furthermore, if I am ever .; ,\ asked to - give a lecture, ■!'- shall do so most -.•;,' willingly. I think, too, lean speak for the priests ~ and say you can rely upon their :■;,',: encouragement and assistance on all occas- : ions. ••■„.■ ■■'..■■ ...: ..,..,; - - In your reading room, you will have newspapers as well as; books/.,Here let me say .- that we have no reason to be ashamed of ' our: daily : papers. I can say that, of course, without, implying approval of everything they :■ print. [,:: But they, compare very favorably with the dailies I have seen in other ; coun- ,. tries. For Catholic news in detail and for - A a-knowledge of Catholic opinion on vital sub- :; jects, you have the Tablet. The Tablet will II be perfectly at home in these rooms. -■; Father -v v Delany is to be thanked for .the happy, sug- .,; gestion that this building should be called the : "Moran Buildings' as an enduring com- , pliment to the founder of , our Catholic organ. Other Catholic, papers and : magazines will also by degrees make their way; here. ~ - Catholic books will be read with pleasure :' and profit. .Good books of all kinds will- be of benefit. When sound, and useful litera- ,;\" ture, is available, it is a wicked waste of time V ;to > read the useless publications that are so "abundant to-day. . A/ judicious censor, I : hope, will be appointed to keep trashy books .out of your library.- ' There -is a place "for, everything; the most suitable place for ..many modern books of • fiction i s the firemplace.,. i,,„,-. , - • •» i. ■}..-, If my aim -to-night .were to encourage, read- ' ' " ~ .. . "

ing, I should = mention many.- interestingthings about young i men who became i famous! afc authors or ;i artists. - In a number of in-: *&'£. stances their fame was due to sheer application. Some authors wrote their books a [dozen* times before they sent, them to the printer. They workedj many ; of: them,; against ; numerous ; drawbacks, . such as, poor health, mediocre natural talents, lack of opportunity.

Seeing- that they ; succeeded ;ma inly ,'- by dint of sheer industry, it is, manifestly, in the - power of everybody to make progress ;irif knowledge . and culture. ■.•' r ~ ' a".", I cannot conclude without congratulating the officers; and -Bro.- Gillick especially, on the ;. success that has >so far attended this'; their latest venture!' I-would like to mention ■ in, particular one other name, the name of-' one who deserves * great praise r not only for his unselfish and successful 'activities in" Hibernian v mattersj but also for his generous > services ; to every good : movement. v You all know that I refer to Mr. Marlow, senior, and you all feel that he is \ entitled to our gratitude for reasons not a" few. > % '-> • ; . If this undertaking i accomplishes all that we prophesy for 'it,';'it"'will safeguard vour; Catholic men and boys- from; dangers :^only too common elsewhere, it will 'give. '^ them legitimate pleasure in agreeable;;.; surroundings, and it will furnish them with-that class ; of; literature that tends to sweeten, and elef vate their outlook upon life. - - .■'::-:/- Bro. J., J. Marlow (District Deputy) said it gave him. great pleasure to be associated with the present 'forwards movement "in connection: with the Hibernian Society.;, :\: After listening to the forcible remarks of^iliis; Lord- >■■ ship the Bishop all must .be convinced of the . advantages a : well managed club offered. He (the speaker)' had had a fair amount'.'.' of . ,ex-

perience in r mutual /benefit organisations as well as in their own society work. The memories old St;; Joseph's Men's'Club, established 45 years ago by Father (now. Dean) Burke) will endure among those who benefited by the; splendid literary and ': debating programmes i that were such a notable feature of its career. -Our Catholic men of standing to-day'; in the professions, commercial and public life point .-with;..pride'/to their* connection with the fine old club and its distinguished leaders, and gratefully acknowledge the benefits they derived through their, association with it. In wishing the new club every success/ Bro., Marlow expressed his .willingness; to help-. the promoters to ; : maintain the high standard provided 1 by the rules, and to attain the ideals they had so much at heart. "'/ r -"'. //

' Dr. O'Neill said he felt very much interested in l what he had listened to, . speeches which '- left no doubt»of the advisability >; of establishing the club; - Friendly, in ■■, other arid important i directions, there stilly remained the element of sociability, and for this the Hibernian Society in ituting;, club r life was \ making 'it , possible for each other ;to become more intimate, well as offering an incentive to increased : membership. He trusted the new club would enjoy an indefinite period of prosperity. Rev. Father Delany congratulated the Hibernians on their excellent move in establishing combined meeting and club rooms,

also on the success of that night's function. ■ "St. Patrick's \ branch of the society at South' l -^ Dunedin had % already , a established a club of ■ v which everyone had some good to say; it had also been the. means of bringing additional '.,-- members into the' society. He looked for-: ward to inter'-club debates" being arranged -" s and a brotherly I ,spirit-festered: among the men of Dunedin.,

Rev. Father Kaveney added; his ; congratu- : lations to the, members of St. Joseph's branch of the Hibernian Society on their forward movement, wished the club every success, and v\ promised his help and that of his fellow priests .in furthering . its interests. '• , w ; .;: •. The constitution and rules of the club were •' then ! read by the president; and on the mo- '* tion of the District Deputy, adoptedBro. J. Eagar, of Port Chalmers, after commenting on the rules, expressed the great- : pleasure it.gave him to see so' many Catholic young men present, also young men occupying the various offices of the Society. - 'fir> reminiscent vein he referred to the late Dr.Yi Moran, to the early 1 days of Hibernian ism, and .t<*. the long and consistent support rendered to the society by Bro.. Marlow, whose' sons were '"following in their- father's foot-

steps. ' - ,: ,- ' ■'''''. ~{- • Office-bearers of the club were appointed as follows:—Patron, his . Lordship the Bishop president; Bro. A. 'Gillick; secretary, . Bro. J. J. Ford; treasurer, .Bro. T. Boyle; committee, Bros. J. J. .Marlow, ,jun., • JR..-/ Simpson, W. Simpson, L. McEntee,., J. N. \ Smith, and W. Cole. .- •' - ''j, " A vote of thanks for his address was passed to his Lordship the Bishop, who, with Mr, ; Marlow, opened the club by using the billiard. table for the first, time. ; , \;