OUR CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS
OUR CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS. The Pioneer Order of South Australia. THE EARLY EMIGRANTS AND THEIR TRIALS. No 1.—SEVENHILLS. As this memorable nineteenth century draws near and nearer to its close, the rush and whirl which has been so marked a characteristic of at least the latter half of its existence would seem to press onward with accelerated speed, and our lives, as if in sympathy or more probably of necessity, tend ever more to rush on with it with an increasing fret and hurry; full to overflowing of affairs and of business, and leaving further and further behind those peaceful leisured times and long roomy days which, in the opinion of many, is nothing short of a necessity for our spiritual and temporal well-being. This tendency will be well exemplified in the nature of the mental pabulum with which we are content to satisfy ourselves. We are a reading people, but more emphatically are we a busy people, and in these latter days all that is noblest and most worthy in literature stands but a poor chance beside the latest society novel, the “storiette,” or the comic paragraph. [image] [St. Aloysius’ Church and College, Sevenhills.] But could we, for a space, go back to these roomy, leisured days, and, as a preliminary to the subject which we have chosen for our sketch, read up those glorious records of Christian missions, of men striving with a holy emulation to surpass each other in carrying out the command of their Divine Master to go forth and teach all nations; of toil and hardship, obstacles and contradictions, and miseries of every kind; of bloodshed and lives laid down with joy and gladness, could but the light of faith be brought to those who sit in darkness, how edifying and soul-stirring would be the task. And if we can extend our leisure, and with burning hearts read on, we will find that amongst these noble armies of brave hearts and holy, stands one pre-eminent; one that seems to have a genius for piercing further into unknown and untried wilds, and who there find material to their hand which, humanly speaking, would be wholly impracticable and beset with difficulties almost insurmountable; one which has suffered more oppression and persecution, more personal vilification, than any other religious Order within the Church—the illustrious Order of the Society of Jesus. It is, perhaps, because of these things that the sons of St. Ignatius have been so blessed in their work in almost every spot of earth on which they have ever set foot. The history of the Jesuit settlement in Paraguay—to cite but a solitary instance—better known to our readers as ‘New Australia,’ that shattered socialistic dream of a few years ago, is an idyll fit but for the pen of a poet. But it is the work of the Jesuit Order in our own fair land of South Australia that we would at present speak. To South Australia belongs the honor of having received the first Fathers of the Society of Jesus, and any Catholic history of early days, as well as of times more recent, must be in the main one with the work and progress of the Jesuit Fathers. The Jesuit Order will always be remembered as the pioneer religious Order of South Australia, and in full measure did they receive the usual pioneer’s portion; the burthen and toil and heat of the day of poor and small beginnings and strenuous living. Not only were the Jesuits the first religious Order to land in South Australia, but the manner of their coming was somewhat remarkable; one of those events which, to our eyes, seem but small and insignificant, but which are some times laden with vast and unforseen possibilities for the future. In the years 1847 and 1848 the countries of Europe were in a very disturbed state, and the enemies of religion directed their hatred and persecution particularly against the Jesuits, whom they expelled from Austria. About the same period a certain landowner of Silesia, Weikert by name, with some of his friends, proposed to set sail and make for themselves a home in the distant land of Australia. Mr. Weikert and his friends were Catholics, and without the Catholic priest they were not willing to embark on such an enterprise. Obstacles stood in the way of bringing about the fulfilment of their pious desire. At last it was found that two of the lately expelled Jesuits from Austria were ready and will ing to accompany the emigrants. One condition only did the Superior-General of the Order desire to lay down; that the two Fathers appointed be allowed to reside together, and to lead a life, as far as possible, in accordance with the rules of their Order. Under such circumstances, on Dec. 6th, 1848, the two first Jesuit Fathers of the Australian province, Fathers Aloysious Kranewitter and Father Maximilian Klinkowstroem, landed in Adelaide. The great spiritual writer, Father Faber, somewhere, in speaking of the martyrdom of St. Stephen, likens those little actions so fraught with far-reaching consequences to the ever-widening eddies which are seen when a small pebble is cast into a pool of water. St. Stephen, when being stoned to death, prayed for his persecutors, foremost among whom was St. Paul. St. Paul’s, conversion follows on the prayer of the martyr, then St. Paul’s great work for God, and on and on to eternity does the prayer of St. Stephen bear fruit. So with this little band of emigrants, who loved their religion so well that they would not start out on their journey without the priest to minister to them. Almighty God not only granted and blessed the pious desire of His faithful servants, but in His Wisdom He made use of the occasion to firmly establish in the new land to which they were bound, the great Missionary Orders of the Society of Jesus. Difficulties, however, were not at an end. On landing in Adelaide Father Klinkowstroem was of opinion
Mayor’s Patriotic Fund
To the Editor. Sir.—As there seems to be some difficulty in getting from the Mayor a list of the moneys collected and forwarded by District Councils to the Mayor’s Patriotic Fund, perhaps the quicker way would be for each District Council that has forwarded money to give you the amount. On January 26 I sent to Mr. Ellery £18 3s., for which I hold his receipt—which, by-the-by, I had to write for several days after I had sent the money—and he then informed me that it was acknowledged in your contemporary’s Shilling Fund. I wish the greatest success to that and every other fund started for the same cause; but the money was collected for the Mayor’s Fund, and should have been acknowledged as such. I am, Sir, &c., W. E. GILES, Clerk D.C. Stanley Mintaro, February 16.
Tennis Mintaro Riverton
Tennis. MINTARO V. RIVERTON. ‘Whereby they nimbly urged the bounding sphere Across the meshy bar.’ These lines, with an accented ‘nimbly,’ might be appropriately applied to a well contested game of tennis played on the Auburn courts between clubs representing Riverton and Mintaro, every man of whom played with the craft of the ‘Boer’ and the determination of the ‘Briton,’ the result being a win for Mintaro by five games. Results:— R M Shawyer sad M Wilson (R) lost to Fry and Priaulx (M) .. 0 6 C Wilson and Shawyer (R) lost to Torr and Priaulx (M).. 4 6 C and M Wilson (R) lost to Priaulx and Fry (M ) . .. .. 3 6 Mitton and C Wilson (R) beat E and J Brown (M) . .. .. 6 3 Mitton and M Wilson (R) beat E and P Brown (M) .. .. .. 6 3 Shawyer and Mitton (R) beat Torr and P Brown . .. .. .. 6 5 Mitton (R) beat J Brown (M) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 1 Shawyer (R) iost to Priaulx (M) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 6 C Wilson (R) lost to Fry (M) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 6 M Wilson (R) beat E Brown (M) . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 3 Totals . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 45
W. Jethro Brown, The New Democracy
SCRATCHINGS FROM THE CITY. BY TIMOLEON. So Mr. Kingston goes to London and will get £1,000 from the public Treasury for his trouble! And for what? Nobody knows. Ask the first politician that you come across to explain what the federal delegates will have to do when they get to London, and he will not be able to satisfy you. There is no necessity to plead for the passing of the Commonwealth Bill. It requires no recommendation from anybody. It recommends itself, and has already been received by the Imperial authorities with unqualified approval. There are no amendments suggested. There has not been the slightest hint of any opposition likely to be shown in the Commons or in the Lords. On the contrary, the assurance has been given that the measure will be enthusiastically approved both by Parliament and Queen. All that the delegation can say could have been said on a sheet of notepaper. The Federal agreement is the work of a popularly-appointed convention which sat in Adelaide, then in Sydney, then in Melbourne. By referendum it received the approval of an overwhelming vote of the people of four colonies. In deference to the wish of New South Wales a meeting of Premiers took place in Melbourne at which certain more or less important amendments were suggested. These were embodied in the Bill and for the second time it was submitted to the people, and on that occasion accepted by still greater majorities, Queensland being the fifth colony to come into line. It represents the compact under which the people of Australia desire to federate. What more can the delegates say if they remain in London twelve months? What more should they say? And of what use are our official representatives in London—the Agents-General—if they are not capable of doing all that is necessary? Surely these are pertinent questions for taxpayers to ask? The whole thing is a scandalous waste of public money. ————— One can hardly blame the ex-Premier for jumping at the chance of a grand trip and £1,000 for his exertions. There is no such thing as patriotism in politics anymore than there are snakes in Ireland. But what becomes of Mr. Kingston’s high-falutin’ promises to “stand by” household suffrage—to sacrifice his federal asperations (sic) in order to be in the province at the forthcoming campaign for the Council elections! This bold Horatius has forsaken the bridge before even the enemy came in sight. True the Government are trying to postpone the general elections to suit the convenience of Mr. Kingston—how thoughtful and how patriotic! But even then most of the fight will be over before he can get back. Very considerate, is it not, to delay a general election for Mr. Kingston? The convenience of electors and of other candidates do not count of course. In a vain search for suitable excuse the Government point to the 1897 elections having been held in May, but one swallow does not make a summer, and with the new approach of a federal campaign there are special reasons why the elections and the meeting of Parliament should be pushed forward this year. ————— A pretentions looking volume—”The New Democracy”—has just been issued by the publishing firm of Macmillan & Co. London. It is by “W. Jethro Brown, M.A., L.L.D., Late Scholar and McMahon Student of St. John’s College, Cambridge; Barrister-at-law of the Middle Temple; Professor of Law and Modern History in the University of Tasmania; Author of “Why Federate?” &c. You would never suspect, after perusing these impressive qualifications that ‘W. Jethro Brown’ is a South Australian, but such is the case. He was born at Mintaro, where his father was a sheepfarmer, and where his mother and sisters still live. In his boyhood days the professor attended the Stanley Grammar School at Watervale, where he received a good grounding at the hands of that excellent scholar, Mr. J. S. St Carleon Cole, who, if it had not been for his hermit-like disposition and his horror of pushing him self forward, would unquestionably have taken a front rank amongst educationists in South Australia. The learned author in those days was a diminutive country youth, with an average amount of self assertiveness, of studious habits, and a plodding way of tackling his lessons which spelt success. He used to walk five miles to school in the morning, and five miles back in the evening, without making any fuss about it. In later years Mr. Brown, in company with Dr Torr, now of Way College, went to England to continue his studies, and after some years of hard work he blossomed out into a full-fledged Professor of Law. Returning to the scenes of his boyhood days a few years ago, he greatly amused some of his old friends and schoolmates by assuming a very lofty manner and a style of speech which his old schoolmaster was fond of characterising as “Haw-baw-yaw.” He mouthed all his words in a most unpleasant fashion, and gave one the impression that he had his mouth full of cherry stones. He had little recollection of his school days, and had evidently forgotten several incidents which were fresh in the memory of others, and which they, therefore, took a fiendish delight in reviving. During his visit home he accepted an invitation to a tennis party one afternoon, and was unspeakably shocked when in the presence of other guests one of his old schoolmates came up and roughly bawled out in true Australian style—”Hullo Bill, old man! How are you?” and with that he seized the hand of the horror stricken-professor and shook it as he would a pump handle. “Bill” did not appreciate the warmth of the greeting, but all the other guests did. ————— An attempt has been made during the last few days to revive the miserable hospital trouble. “Waving the Old Hospital Flag,” as Sir John Cockburn is credited by a correspondent in the Advertiser with having said, when explaining how he
Auction James Torr
TUESDAY, February 13, at 3 o’clock. AT THE MINTARO HOTEL, MINTARO. IN THE ESTATE OF JAMES TORR, DECEASED. FREEHOLD PROPERTIES. W. E. GILES has received instructions from the Trustees in the Estate of James Torr, deceased, to sell by auction, as above— The following FREEHOLD PROPERTIES— SECTION 22, HUNDRED of APOINGA, contain ing 93 Acres or thereabouts; fenced. ALLOTMENTS 73, 74, and 89, TOWNSHIP of HANSON (Farrell’s Flat), substantially fenced, containing together 1 acre 1 rood 18 perches. SECTIONS 490, 491, 492, and 493, containing 65 Acres or thereabouts, about, one mile west of Farrell’s Flat Railway Station; fenced. ALLOTMENTS 76, 77, TOWNSHIP of MINTARO, containing 2 Acres, with Six-roomed Stone House thereon, known as the Milt House. ALLOTMENT No. 7 of SECTIONS 180 and 186, MINTARO, containing 2 Acres, with Two-roomed Stone House, Stone Kitchen, and other Outbuildings thereon, known as the Butcher’s Premises. ALLOTMENT No. 6 of the Sub-division of Allotments 55 and 56, MINTARO, containing 1 rood and 4 perches or thereabouts; fenced. Terms—One-fourth deposit and balance in a month. For further particulars apply to Messrs. Fleming, Boucaut, and Ashton, Solicitors, Waymouth-street, Adelaide; or to the Auctioneer, Mintaro.
Tennis Mintaro Auburn
Notes from Auburn. [By our own correspondent.] January 31. … Tennis.—A tennis match between the representatives of Mintaro and Auburn took place on the local courts to-day. Sad! sad! the bitter wail almost! but lost. Results:— DOUBLES. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. A M Limbert and Barkla (A) lost to P and E Brown (M) .. 2 6 Yeatman and Barkla (A) lost to P and J Brown (M) .. 5 6 Brooke and Barkla (A) beat P and E Brown (M) .. .. 6 3 Lambert and Brooke (A) beat Fry and E Brown (M) .. 6 5 Yeatman and Brooke (A) beat E and P Brown (M) .. .. 6 3 Limbert and James (A) beat P and J Brown (M) .. .. 6 3 Brooke and James (A) beat Fry and Torr (M) .. .. .. 6 4 Brooke and Limbert (A) beat Fry and E Brown (M) .. 6 5 Yeatman and Limbert (A) lost to Fry and Brown (M) 1 6 Yeatman and Jamee (A) beat Torr and J Brown (M) .. 6 5 Barkla and James (A) lost to Torr and P Brown (M) 2 6 SINGLES. James (A) lost to Torr (M) .. .. 3 6 James (A) beat Fry (M) .. .. .. 6 3 Yeatman (A) lost to J Brown (M) 1 6 Barkla (A) lost to Fry (M) .. .. 5 6 Brooke (A) lost to E Brown (M) .. 5 6 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 72 79
IN THE ESTATE OF JAMES TORR, DECEASED
IN THE ESTATE OF JAMES TORR, DECEASED. TENDERS are invited up till FEBRUARY 7 next for LEASING the undermentioned PROPERTIES for five years from the 1st March, 1900. HUNDRED OF CLARE.—Part Section 338=344 acres. Sections 353, 354, 355, 356=249 acres. Part Sections 336, 351, 357=224 acres. Part Section 317=64 acres. Part Section 344=4½ acres, near Mintaro. HUNDRED OF STANLEY.—Sections 139, 167=156 acres. Sections 149, 150, 148, Part Section 170=218 acres. Sections 379, 380, 381=256 acres. Section 188=24 acres. Part Sections 386, 388=173 acres. Sections 192, 193=162 acres. Sections 143, 146, 145, 144=355 acres. Section 140=80 acres. Sections 270, 271, Part 272, 273=300 acres. Sections 284, 285, 286, 287, 278=537 acres. HUNDRED OF HANSON.—Sections 374, 371, 373, 375=65 acres. Sections 376, 377, 378, 379, 380=35 acres. HUNDRED OF UPPER WAKEFILED.—Part Sections 315, 185=140 acres. Sections 3004, 3003, Part 3002=143½ acres. HUNDRED OK MANNANARIE.— Section 229=408 acres. Sections 216, 228=576 acres. Sections 251, 225, 257, 301, 302, 303, 304, 307, 310, 311, 312, 313, 317, 108, 255, 256, 110, 254, 258, 250, 300, 305, 306, 315, 109, 314, 316=896 acres. HUNDRED OF BLACK ROCK PLAIN.— Sections 232, 235, 237, 238, 231, 233, 234, 236, 239, 240=41 acres. Allotments 1, 2, 3, 4=4 acres, Yatina Section 83=14 acres. HUNDRED OF MORGAN.—Section 1E 20M=226 acres. Also, for 4 years and 8 months, from the first day of July, 1900, SECTIONS 275 and 276, HUNDRED OF STANLEY, containing 190 acres. No tender necessarily accepted. Further particulars from Messrs. Fleming, Boucaut, & Ashton, Solicitors, Waymouth-street, Adelaide, or from the undersigned, to whom all tenders are to be addressed. W. E. GILES, Mintaro, Agent for the Trustees.
Farmer’s Clearing Sale
On WEDNESDAY, January 31, at 2 o’clock. ON THE FARM, Two miles east of Mintaro Railway Station, FARMERS’ CLEARING SALE. F. G. RICHARDSON & CO. will sell by auction for Mr. Jno. Krieg, who is relinquishing farming— 5 really good DRAUGHT HORSES, good English Wagon, with Frame, Pony Damp-weather Reaper, Winnower, with Bagger, Massey-Harris Seed-drill, 3-furrow S.J. Plough, S.J. Scarifier (9 tines), set Harrows, 400-gall. Iron Tank and Tap, Wheelbarrow, 100-gall. Iron Trough, 18-ft. Ladder, 5 sets Plough Harness, 2 sets Leading do., 2 sets Shaft do.. Stack of Hay (about 7 tons), Harvest Tools, Swings, Posts, and usual Farm Sundries. N.B.-All the above Implements, &c., are nearly new. Also, FIVE YEARS’ LEASE of the Farm, comprising Sections 361 and 362, HUNDRED STANLEY, containing 332 Acres, with good House, Barn, Stables, 80 Acres Fallow; good Water. Terms—Twelve months’ credit for Reaper and Winnower. Terms cash for all other Stock.
Important Sale of Land
IMPORTANT SALE OF LAND. Messrs. Coles & Thomas, Kapunda, report having sold privately on account of The Mortgage Company of South Australia, Limited, that valuable freehold property at Mintaro, comprising about 5,500 acres, adjoining Martindale Estate, together with 4,100 sheep and working plant, Mr. David H. Power being the purchaser.
Appeal for Widow Weathers
AN APPEAL. To the Editor. Sir—Will you kindly insert the following appeal for help on behalf of the widow of Mr. John Weathers, who died some months ago, and left her totally unprovided for, with a family of seven young children? This is a very sad case indeed. The mother has been ill ever since through the shock of her husband’s death, and is quite unable to do anything for herself or family. Her eldest son, a lad of 17 years, lies dangerously ill in the Adelaide Hospital, and the family are in destitute circumstances. I have been trying to assist them for this last month, but it is not in my power to do so any longer, and I very reluctantly have to return home and leave them to the mercy of the charitable public, who I feel sure will help them in their great need. I may state that the late Mr. Weathers is an old resident of Mintaro, and well known in that part, being once a man of independent means.—I am, &c., (Mrs.) M. A. ELDRIDGE. 180, Flinders-street, January 11, 1900.