OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF PERTH, ESTABLISHED Registered at the G.P.O., Perth for transmission by post as a newspaper.
'PHONE B 6956
1874
450 Hay Street, Perth.
Box A3 5, G.P.O . Perth
Ex-Rottnest Internee Returns to Perth Conditions Governing Advertisements your In response to a suggestion (d) Put your letter and In the hope of getting to ed and Fr, Koch made haste to inside Imagine a tall, thickly -set slips into an envelope stampa few wieeks ago by a priest with a mop of grey hair, Sydney, he took a railway ticket get back within the confines. the addressed to and ed correspondent enand to the dancing blue eyes, an infectious to Meckering and from there Within a few days they were thusiastic reception accorded to as Matrimonial Column laugh and a constant guttural hiked to Kellerberrin. Realising let out on parole. They were it by many readers, it has been "shure" drawled in the approved then for the first time the im- allowed full liberty to go as decided to open a Matrimonial American manner and you will possibility of his position, he re- they pleased and spent the day Column in the pages of "The be able to form a mental pic- turned to Fremantle and gave fishing and bathing. Record." Advertisements must be COLLECTION FOR THE REture of Rev. Father J. Kich, at himself up to the military authOne day he was on one of his addressed to "Matrimonial ColDEMPTION OF SLAVES present staying in Perth as a orities. hikes around the Island and, not umn, 'Record' Office, Box A35, IN AFRICA guest of His Grace. He was placed in the military knowing that the area near the G.P.O., Perth," A collection for the ReFr. Koch is on a visit to Perth camp and next day, as an enemy lighthouse was "out of bounds," look The following rules will apply demption of Slaves in Africa or, his way round the world fot alien, was interned on Rottnest drew near to have a good rewas a Suddenly there at it. to the management colof the Island. will be taken up at all Masses the fourth time, port, and Fr. Koch had once umn:on Sunday. the 18th January, he that late in in It was more 'Providence 1881, to thank in Austria Born 1. As this section aims at 1948. the garrison troops were poor studied at Priopaganda College, when the boat This collection, gathered in diminishing the evil of mixed marksmen. it is intended only all the dioceses of the world, The internee did their own marriages, It has lent precious support to cooking and a flock of sheep isfor Catholic correspondents. advisable for those who ad- the noble endeavours of our was kept to ensure a supply of vertise missionaries who, with colonial parrelevant to give iresh meat. Some of the prison- ticulars about themselves, such authorities and representatives ,rs (there were about 1000 of as age and occupation. All cor- of civilised nations assisting, them) objected to the monoton- respondence should be distin- have been fighting against this ous diet of mutton. To remedy by prudence, and cre- dep4orable practice. this, a few barrels of salt beet guished dentials for each party should With so many great forces be provided by some competent soiling together in this camauthority, such as the pastor or paign, the evil has been reDue to a breakdOwn in an an experienced nun. These creconsiderably. But it is important part of our plant, we dentials need not be sent to us, duced not yet entirely stamped out; save been forced to reduce the but to the parties who are cor- great numbers are still prac,ize of this issue to 12 pages. responding with one another. tically in slavery. And now A considerable amount of ma- Correspondents should see that another great evil threatens. terial has thus been held over the testimonials they get are of which under many respects is some authority, and that photos far worse, namely, the Moslem for a later issue. are of recent date. Islam is spreading menace. The trouble has. howeer, been widely in Africa. propagated located and we hope that by The fee for insertion of an text week we will be back to advertisement in this section is by traders and Moslem misthe The souls of normal. 10/. This fee is asked both as a sionaries. natives can very easily be test of genuineness and to cover poor saved if our missionaries reach office expenses. them first, but once they are ,vere shipped there, and after a entangled in the meshes of 3. No fee is required for forwere few meals of this they Moslemism, it is difficult, if not to warding letters advertisers. ready to go back to the mutton impossible, to rescue them. and no further complaints were Any letter will be forwarded, provided the following directions We may say that Africa toFR. KOCH at the time of his internment during the first heard. are observed: day is at a point where it must World War and Fr. Koch to -day. After six months in the camp, choose between Christianity and word was received that arrange- (a) Write your letter to the Moslemism; the people of this Rome. Ordained in 1906, he re- Island, and he was taken and ments were in hand for the exadvertiser you are interested immense continent must either turned to Germany, where he placed in the internees' camp. change of medical and clerical in. become partakers of the freebelligerent worked till 1914. Having receiv- That first night nearly ended in nationals of the dom of Christ's followers or in around Groping a tragedy. countries. appointclerical a offer of ed an (b) Put your letter into an en- bind themselves in the thralment in the Archdiocese of Syd- the dark to find his tent, he velope. Seal the envelope, Fr. Koch applied for release, dom of Mecca, It is the duty ney, he sailed for Australia, ar- strayed too close to the barbed but six months elapsed before but do not address it, Stick of all Christians, therefore, that wire fence. One of the guards he finally received word that he on riving in Fremantle a stamp on the right-hand urged by the charity of Christ, fateful day, August 4th, 1914, evidently thinking that he was was free. corner of the envelope. to lend their assistance, with raised his when war with Germany was trying to escape, The Croation internees, most (c) Write on a slip of paper: prayers and offerings, to the rifle and fired. Luckily, he miss declared. of whom had been working on enclosed missionaries of Africa that this "Please forward land may be won for subthe Goldfields, opened a letter to mentioning great scription list and raised the the name of the advertiser liberty and truth. money for a ticket to San FranCollection in aid of St. A to whom you have written. cisco for him. Girls' Orphanage He was lodged in the Fremantle Barracks pending the sailing will be held in the Streets of the of the Katoomba. Arriving in METROPOLITAN AREA AND FREMANTLE Melbourne, he was treated as a o military P.O.W. and marched FRIDA Y, 23rd JANUARY through the streets under armed military escort. He was thus first military the probably
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This treatment was due, no doubt, to a mistake. and he was immediately released. He spent a month as the guest of Archand bishop Kelly, of Sydney, eventually managed to obtain a passage on the Niagara (which was lost in World War II.) to San Francisco. (W.A.) LIMITED Fr. Koch (who is now an American citizen) is a brilliant lin77 BARRACK STREET PERTH 14 guist, having studied over PHONE B 3511 including Gaelic, languages, Japanese and Arabic. and has hiked all over Europe, England We incorporate with us the Optical Practices and Ireland. OPTICAL PRESCRIPTIONS (W.A.), LTD.,
LAUBMAN & PANK
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COLLECTORS ARE VERY URGENTLY NEEDED
The Sisters are making this Appeal to help with extra furnishings and amenities for the orphans from overseas. Any ladies who Volunteer collectors are urgently needed. would be willing to undertake this charitable duty, even for an hoar or two, are requested to communicate withREV. MOTHER. Tels.: W1016 and W1420.
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South He intends going to Africa and from there to Europe to visit his two sisters who are resident in the Russian zone, and has hopes of being able to take them back with him to the United States.
OPTICAL SUPPLIES (W.A.), LTD., FOY & GIBSON'S OPTICAL DEPARTMENT, M. P. RYAN, Optometrist (late Orient Buildings),
WHO HAS JOINED OUR DIRECTORATE.