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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I picked a recent reference to the above Cathedral
and thought I would put in my two pence worth. On 29 November 1868 a peal
of eight bells (which had arrived in Melbourne in February 1853 and had been
stored at St,Francis's Church in the City)was consecrated by His Lordship
Bishop Goold in St. Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It was initially thought that St.Francis would be
the cathedral but that did not eventuate (nor did a belltower). At the
present time a single nell stands in a small frame alongside the
church.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Although St, Patrick's Society was formed
straightaway, no ringing took place until about 1870. But one thing we will
never know is why the bells in the Cathedral were hung anti-clockwise and why
this situation should have been alowed to be perpetuated when the bells were
rehung in 1988. John.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>