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APOSTOLIC DELEGATE ARRIVES FOR FUNERAL OF GERALDTON BISHOP
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Geraldton's Bishop The late Bishop Gummer was born in Perthville, Bathurst, New South Wales, In 1899. He was educated at St. Columba's College, Spring wood and Propaganda College, Rome, where he was ordained in 1923.
His Lordship was cense. crated Bishop by the then Archbishop Gilroy on March 19, 1942, after his election by Apostolic Brief of Pope
late Bishop was well known and respected by many in the Archdiocese of Perth. In the last few years, ill health had reduced his activity to a certain degree, but recently he gave all appearances of being completely his old self. It was therefore quite a shock to everyone who knew him to receive word of his sudden death. The obsequies for the late
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Congo Labour Leader Gaoled THE GOVERNMENT of Congolese Premier Cyrille Adoula has orrested the Congo's top labour leader for ordering a general strike to force the government to implement its austerity programme.
The late Most Rev. Alfred J. Gummer Pius XII on February 24 of that year. The consecration took place in the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. John in Bathurst, N.S.W. Because of the seriousness of the times, Bishop Gummer hastened to be present
in his diocese. He arrived there on March 28 and was of installed as Bishop Geraldton on the following day by His Grace the Arch-
bishop. In the address of welcome to the successor to Bishop Collins, Dr. Gummer was praised as a man of outstanding scholarly achievement, with practical experience of parochial activity and possessing a sound administrative ability. These were no empty words, since in the twenty years he had been in Geraldton, the worth of the late Bishop was often in evidence. At his enthronement, the late Bishop said to his newly acquired people: "This is not an age for weakness. They wanted People to be strong in their Faith and strong in their confidence in Almighty God. Whatever dangers came their way they would face them together, confident of the good and guiding love of Christ their God." Always popular in the Diocese of Geraldton with both priests and laity, the
Bishop took place on Wednesday, April 11, at St.
Francis Xavier Cathedral, Geraldton. The Solemnilequiem Mass was celebrated by Most Rev. J. P. O'Collins, D.D.. The deacon was Rev. C. Sullivan (Bathurst), sub -deacon Rev. K. Spain, assistant priest pt. Rev. Mgr. A. T. Langmead.
Delegate Present Most Rev. Maximilian de Furstenberg, D.D., Apostolic Delegate to Australia, was delegate presiding. Assistant deacons were Rt. Rev. Mgr. T. Irwin and Rt. Rev. Mgr. E. Kennedy. The assistant priest at the throne was Rt. Rev. Mgr. E. Bryan. Masters of Ceremonies were Rev. J. Barden and Rev. J. Kloss.
The singing was by a choir of priests. Present were His Grace the Archbishop, Archbishop Beovich, Bishops O'Collins, Goody, McCabe, Lyons, Gallagher, Fox, Jobst, Stewart and Brennan and the Lord Abbot Most Rev. G. Gomez, O.S.B.
Absolutions were given by His Grace the Archbishop, Archbishop Beovich and Bishops McCabe and O'Collins. The panegyric was delivered by the Most Rev. M. Beovich, of Archbishop Adelaide.
Andre Bo-Boliko had also called for higher wages for Congolese workers and protested against what he called the excessive salaries of government officials. Catholic leading Two journalists were also takenl into custody for supporting the strike called on April 2 and 3 by Bo-Boliko; president of the Catholic-oriented Union of Congolese Workers. They are Gabriel Makoso, editor of the Courier d'Afrique, and Joseph Mbungu, editor of Presence Congolaise. Courier d'Afrique is Leopoldville's only daily newspaper. Presence Congolaise, a periodical, was the first publication in the Congo to independence from urge This paper, too, Belgium. towards the leanings has Church. A fourth national figure, Michel Nuzi, was also arrested. He is president of National Congolese I h e Youth Rally, and his offence was an attack upon the
Cathedral Choir On Television Mary's Cathedral Choir will sing Passion Motets on TVW Channel Seven on Wednesday, April 16, at 3.15 p.m. The programme is being Cora& by produced Condon, and will also feature readings on the Passim by Lloyd Lawson. There will be motets from Tenebrae expressive th e and "PePule Meas- of Palestrina from the Good Friday ceremony. The programme will conclude wi% the singly.; of the Psalm of repentance, "The Miserere," in the English arrangeSt.
ment by
Father Gen-
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government police in the monthly newspaper of his organisation. Bo-Boliko's union had twice warned the government it would mobilise all workers in a general strike unless the government fulfilled its declarations of imposing au austerity programme on every class of the nation.
"Austerity" Move It demanded that the austerity programme get rolling by the end of March. It also demanded that the government outlaw all foreign bank accounts of the country's highly paid government officials and legislators, that price controls be created and that wages be raised. The strike was only partially effective in LeopoldSchools and banks ville. were closed, but public utilities and transport func-
tioned. It was believed that many
workers reported at their jobs in the morning because the government - controlled radio announced that the U.C.W. had called off the strike. There was no immediate confirmation from the U.C.W. that it had in fact cancelled its strike. Although the U.C.W. has fewer than 70,000 members, it claims five times that number in sympathisers. It is the Congo's largest labour organisation. Minister of the Interior Cleophas Kamitatu, who is responsible for the nation's internal security, claimed the strike was motivated by politics. He said _in a radio broadcast that foreigners had subverted the labour movement. "The government has decided to take all measures in its possession to help those who want to work peacefully and securely," he said in his broadcast. "The government has decided to pursue pitilessly all
the instigators strike."
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He said Bo-Boliko was arrested for his "insolent outlook" and civil disobedience. Kamitatu is known for his leftist ideas and is a declared neutralist. He is a leader of the Solidarity party and is chief political rival in Leopoldville province of Congolese President Joseph Kasavubu, leader of
solved the third and basic problem, Bo-Boliko said, that of social reorganisation. "More than 85 per cent of those who had jobs before independence now are
unemployed," he declared. He added that although wages have risen slightly, this gain has been wiped out by higher costs of living and by the needs of workers to help unemployed members of their families. He said the only Congo-
the Abako party. Bo-Boliko said Adoula had solved two of the three problems that independence had brought in its train-he had intergiven the country national respect and had settled the internal question of separatism in Oriental province while he was negotiating the same problem in Katanga. But Adoula had left un-
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lese to profit from independence were officials of the central and provincial governments. When the Congo arrived
at independence in the summer of 1960, the Congolese members of parliament voted themselves a basic salary equivalent to about f450 monthly, plus other bonus benefits. This salary has gone up since. Bo-Boliko wants government salaries reduced and workers to get the equivalent of about £18 a month.
CEREMONIES
MARY'S CATHEDRAL
PALM SUNDAY 10.45 a.m.: Solemn Blessing of the Palms followed by Solemn High Mass. SPY WEDNESDAY 7.30 p.m.: The Office of Tenebrae.
HOLY THURSDAY 8.30 o.m.: Solemn Pontifical Mass and Consecration of the Holy Oils. 5.30 p.m.: Solemn High Mass of the Lord's Supper. GOOD FRIDAY 10.0 a.m.: Stations of the Cross. 3.0 p.m.: Solemn Liturgical Action. 7.30 p.m.: Stations of the Cross. (Prgached by a Carmelite Father) HOLY SATURDAY N.B.-(No Morning Ceremony)
10.30 p.m.: The Vigil Ceremonies. Midnight: Solemn High Mass.