CITY PRIVILEGED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 190, 14 August 1939, Page 9

CITY PRIVILEGED.

NEW CATHOLIC HOME.

MINISTER PAYS TRIBUTE.

MR. SAVAGE SENDS MESSAGE

Auckland was privileged in having the new home within its boundaries, and he hoped that great blessings would follow the work done there, said the Minister of Health, the Hon. P. Fraser, when he opened the new St. Vincent's Home of Compassion for young mothers and infants in Hukanui Crescent, Ponsonby, yesterday afternoon.

Bishop Liston presided over the large gathering which witnessed the opening ceremony. He expressed gratitude to the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the Catholic Women's League for the constant support given to the Sisters of Compassion since the revival of their work in Auckland six years ago. He thanked also many other generous friends, including priests, religious communities, the Catholic laity in town and country, and many non-Catholics, whose help had been a great encouragement to the sisters in the work now to begin in the new home. Gratitude and congratulations were due to the architect, Mr. a. A. Tole, and the builder, Mr. A. .T. Good.

Afte.r briefly reviewing the lives of St. Vincent de Paul and of Mother Mary Aubert, Bishop Liston expressed his confidence that the work which the new home symbolised would grow and prosper in Auckland.

A message of commendation and best wishes from the Mayor, Sir Ernest Davie, was read by Mr. J. L. Coakley. A similar message from the Prime Minister, the Tit. Hon. M. J. Savage, whose illness prevented him from officiating at the ceremony, was conveyed by Mr. Fraser. Bishop Liston asked the Minister to express the gathering's sympathy to Mr. Savage and best wishes for a speedy recovery. He also expressed to Mr. Fraser the gratitude of the sisters for the help he had given them in his official capacity and for his personal sympathy and interest.

Mr. Fraser stated that the chairman of trustees of the New Zealand Institute for the Blind, Mr. A. ,J. Hutchinson, had asked ihim to convey his greetings and to announce a gift to the home of two car.e armchairs, made in the institute's workshops.

Monsignor H. F. Hoi brook, local manager of the home. Dr. F. .1. C!wynne, president of the Auckland division of the British Medical Association, and Mr. Maurice Flynn. 011 behalf of the laitv, also spoke. •Among others present were the Rev. Mother Cecilia, sn|ierior-ireiieral of the Sisters of Compassion, and Sister Angela and Sister Rose, who had come from Wellington: Mr. J. A. C. Allum, deputy-Mayor; Mr. W. .T. Campbell, chairman of the Auckland Education Board; Mrs. .T. C. Allan, president of the Auckland branch of the Plunket Sor-iety; and Messrs. F. W. Schramm and W. T. Anderton, M.P.'s.