An Irish Bull—More Pay for M.P.'s—Industrial Peace and Development rom Our Own Correspondent 0
Melbourne, May 17.
Melbourne is laughing heartily at a curious contretemps which had in it all the best elements of an Trish bull, with a fervent Irishman as the centre motif. Arch: ix, the head of the, Roman Catholic- Church and an! earnest adherent to the faith of Sinn Fein, has left for a holiday or a pilgrimage, which will take! him te Rome. He had been farewelled, and his departure was loudly advertised. There is little question that the event was to be used to advertise Australia's endorsement of Sinn Feinism, as well as of its Australian apostle. Saturday afternoon was chosen, when the great body of the citizens had departed home or to their week-end amusements. The cine-motograph operator was there, and everything promised to go off with eclat. Unfortunately the "supers" in the film drama were too numerous and' too enthusiastic. They crowded the motor-cars of the hierarchy and played their part se well that Archbishop Mannix was unable to get through the mob te his train, which after waiting patiently for twelve minutes steamed away. The chief actor in the great departure picture did not depart, but returned home for a couple of days and then slipped away quietly from a side-station at which the inter-state express was specially stopped. When the films are shown abroad, to show Australia's enthusiasm for the Irish republican party, it will be interesting to see what they will be entitled.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.