SAINT AGAIN SUBJECTED TO PURGATORY IN NORTH QUEENSLAND

Once  more , our recently careened  Shipping Reporter  draws  the  attention of the faithful and the mainland media  to  the  state  of  the  portrait of   Australia's first Catholic saint , Mary MacKillop, Saint Mary of  the  Cross , in  Townsville .  He   says the above  photo he took shows  it  needs an obvious   clean  up, and  removal of what  still  looks like weeds  in  the  top part . In  the  past , the waterfront roundsman repeatedly   drew  attention  to  the   weathered , faded   facial features  of   the  neglected   saint , eventually  resulting  in  a   Thin Lizzy replacement .