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Archbishop Simonds Appointed Coadjutor to Dr. Mannix First Native Australian Raised to DOnity of Archbishop His Grace the Archbishop of Hobart (Most Rev. J. D. Simonds. 13.13 i who
Bay, recently," he said, "I spoke on new legislation which will raise the -t hool leaving age to 16 at the concln-Ion of the war. This legislation pre-
recently received from the Holy Se?. appointment as Coadjutor Archbishop of Melbourne, is the first Austr,,,ian native son to be raised to dirnity of Archbishop.
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-ents a number of problems for the Government, particularly in the formu:ation of vocational courses for boys etween the ages of 12 and 16. "I urged the Government not to de.zrade education by making it merely an avenue for a job, but to insist on a definite cultural basis underlying each technical course now being outlined,
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appointment from His Excellency the Apostolic Delegate (Most Rev. J. Panico, D.D., J.U.D.), Archbishop Simonds received hundreds of congratulatory messages. In an interview with a special representative of "The Catholic Weekly," he said that he hoped he would also have the prayers of Catholics, that he might discharge his new and heavy responsibilities in a manner pleasing to Almighty God. The first message His Grace received after his appointment was a telegram from Archbishop Mannix assuring him of a warm welcome from himself, the clergy and the faithful of Melbourne. "I will be very happy," said Archbishop Simonds, "to assist the Archbishop of Melbourne in every possible way to bear the heavy burden which the administration of the Archdiocese of Melbourne has imposed on his shoulders for 30 years. "It will be a serious wrench for me to leave Tasmania," his Grace added. "I have been as happy as one can be in the five years I spent in Australia's garden State. "The people welcomed me cordially, and our happy relations have never From many outside been disturbed. my own fold I have received wonderThe secular ful help and kindness. press of Tasmania, particularly 'The Mercury,' gave me all the support that any Archdiocese could ask. Their reporting was accurate, and their statements of the Catholic viewpoint on public questions were fair and unbiased.
Above Polities, "The Government has appointed a very representative committee to investigate every phase of vocational training, and has given the Catholics two representatives who will look after the interests of our primary and secondary schools. "This committee represents not mere-
State education department. Its membership includes representatives ly the
of parents' and teachers' organisations,
women's interests, trade and commercial activities. "The work of this committee will, I hope, eventually lead to the establishment of a Board of Education, which will place education outside the field of party politics,"
Most Rev. J. D. Simonds, D.D. Less Materialism. "In Tasmania:* said His Grace, "religion counts for more than it does on the mainland, It, is thank God, a generation behind the rest of Australia in the horrible materialistic outlook which
has developed in the big and industrialised centres. "The educational policy ct the Tasmanian Government was developing along favourable lines," said His Grace. "In opening a new school at Sandy
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Notable Career, Archbishop Simonds is one of the most brilliant scholars the Catholic Church in Australia has produced. He was born at Glen Innes in May, 1890, and received most of his early training from his father, who was a public school teacher and a Catholic f great piety. In March, 1907, he entered St. Patrick's College, Manly, to study for the priesthood, and in 1912 he was ordained in St. Mary's Cathedral by the late Archbishop Kelly. After two years of parochial work he was appointed to the staff of St. Patrick's College as Professor of Introductory Sacred Scripture and Greek. Among the students whom he taught were five who are now Bishops-The Most Rev. N. T. Gilroy, of Sydney: the (Continued on Back Cover.)