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No. 1460. VOL. XXXIV.
Mullah News The State Governor of New South Wales presided at the Annual meeting of the L" wisham Hospital which is undo. the charge of the Nursing Sisters of the Little Company of Mary. The gathering was a very representative one. Lord and Lady Cheim f 1-:1 showed particular interest in the work of the Sisters and the a'Tairs of the institution. Lady
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Chelmsford personally inspected the women's wards whilst His Excellency paid attention to the men's division, and jointly they examined the children's wards. I The tribute paid by Lord Chelmsford to the Sisters was a worthy, one. He congratulated them on their devoted work, the subscriber upon getting a good return for their money, and the patients upon the admirable care and attention they received in the institution. It was a hosPital all in `Or. should feel proud to possess and he hoped as long as he was Governor he would be hYri-..ileged to attend their annual meetinszs. 1
The self-sacriticing work of the Sisters is evidenced in the retort of
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underta'ing. We gather
from it that 1'17 patients-adults and children-Lai been treated during the year. Of these 98y were discharged cured and r. li r-ed ; were unrelieved. There were 41 deaths, and there remained in treatment on December .ti last 86. The mortality for the year was .1.6 per. cent. Altogether 1149 persons ware operated upon, and the general mortality on all operations, taken collecs tively, was per cent. The out -patient department was attended 10,320 times to P16 patients, and 670 accidents were attended to. The bal ince-sheet showed the receipts to 1.412.389.1, and the expenditure Under £74,13. the heading of receipts it was recorded that 1.-o4 had been received as pa-
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Chris. Watson, ex -leader of the Labour Party is to edit the new Labour daily in Sydney. There is no truth in the rumour that he will he a parliamentary candidate at the next election.
There were between 815) and quo nurses at Federal Government House Sydney, recently at a meeting to further Lady Dudley's Bush Nursing Scheme. Rev. Mother Xavier, of Lewisham hospital, and two of her Sisters of the Little Company of Mary, attended, and they were specially honoured with seat on the dais with the vice -regal party-Lord and Lady Dudley , Lady Chelmsford, Count Plunkett, Lord Richard Neville, and Miss Hughes, (a visitor to Government House), Dr. Sinclair Gillies, and Miss Garran, secretary, of the AT.N.A.
Sister Mary Raphael Hogan passed
to her eternal reward at St. Mary's Dr. Vidal, S.M., Vicar -Apostolic of Convent of the Good Samaritan, Fiji, arrived in Sydney recently from Charters Towers, (Q.), having receivthe last rites of Holy Church. The deceased Sister was the daughter of Mr. E. Hogan, Cooma, and Sister of the Rev. Father Hogan Inspector of ed
schools for the Diocese of Sydney. She was in her 24th year and the fourth year of her religious life. Her loss is keenly felt by the members of her Order, as she was singularly gifted and edified all by her beautiful and holy life. R.I.P.
Marseilles by the French mail steamer Dumbea. His Lordship has just concluded an extended tour of Europe. He left for !uva last week by the steamer Tofua. The Consul -General of France, in Sydney, in the name of the French colon., there, has sent a grateful acknowledgment to His Eminence the Cardinal of the honour paid to France and to them by the recent ceremonies in connection with an-
niversary of the Beatification .1 oan of Arc.
The Ver., Rev. Mgr. Barry, V.G., of the Diccese of Sandhurst, (Vic.),
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received a letter from his Lordship, Most Rev. Dr. Reville, author of that excellent Irish story, very recently, dated Rome, May I ith Innisfail''), celebrated the silver I rr. Reville stated he was progressOitilee of his ordination to the ing most favourably, and was gainpriesthood on 16th inst. The event ing strength daily. He expected to was celebrated in a fitting manner get back to Bendigo quite a sew by his parishioners. man, and intended leaving Rome about four weeks from the time of Among those Melbourne University writing. The Bishop of WIlcannia, students upon whom the degrees of Dr. Dunne, had left Rome, having reM.B. et B.S. were conferred recently, covered from his illness, and was was Mr. V. F. Crowe, grandson of about to visit Ober Ammergau. Dr. the late Mr. P. Fallon, of klbury. Corbett, Bi'shoP of Sale, was also Dr. Crowe, who is a splendid type of !improving, and expected is be well young Australian, is an ex -student enough to leave Rome at the same of Mentone College, from which he time as Bishop Neville. Fathmatriculated with h' ors in Greek, er Rooney had gone on a tour for a Latin French, and gained an ex- few 'weeks, to recoup his strength, ed. hibition at Trinity' College. ter having had a trying time. The
Rev. P. Hickey, of Corowa the Bishop,
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The Bishop of Lismore (Dr. Carroll), has been on a visit to Kempsey, where he held a retreat for all Priests in the southern end of his diocese. His Lordship, together
The Melbourne Irish Pipe Band visited the Abbotsford Convent at the special request of the Bev. Mother. with the Very Rev. Father Lynch, All the inmates gathered together it C.SS.R., will hold missions at vari- the large hall of the Convent to ous towns in the Lismore diocese, hear the Pipers play. A very. corned rea-17ing BP1li°77n at out Jul, 24. reception was gi'?en to the Band. I