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New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 214, 1 June 1877, Page 10

MACANDREW TESTIMONIAL FUND. rpHE CENTRAL. COMMITTEE beg to request that Gentlemen who have promised Subscriptions, and those still desirous of Subscribing, will SEND their AMOUNTS to any Member of the Committee, or the Honorary Treasurer, on or before the TWENTYFIFTH of JUNE, when it ia proposed to close the list. Also that Country Committees and others who aid in the cause will send in particulars before the above date, to enable complete lists to be made up preparatory to the Presentation. ALEXANDER SLIGO, , Hon. Secretary. AN APPEAL. TTiOR the last six years the " Daughters of St. Dominick " have A been struggling to promote, in Dunedin, that good which it is the end of their Order to effect throughout the world,— namely,— . the Education of Female Youth, in the path of science and virtue. The question of the advancement of true civilization, of genuine progress in the only real sense of the word— of the happiness of society, as of individuals, of the temporal and eternal interests of the rising generation, is eminently involved in the development and training of the young mind. While the subverters of order and authority in Italy, Germany, and other countries, spare neither wealth no? >r r rgy in their efforts to mislead the young and innocent, shall * «le dismayed by our poverty ? Shall we make no sacrifices to save them ? Shall we not rather call unto us the little ones of Christ,— -shelter them from the baneful influence of corrupt principles and bad example — teach teach them that life has not been bestowed on them to be squandered in self-indulgence, vanity, or the gratification of their passions ?— but that, on the contrary, it is to be devoted to the selfdenying task of acquiring that solid, useful, andreligious knowledge, without which they can never be good members of society here, or attain their noble destiny hereafter. To impart that all-imporfcant knowledge, the Dominican Nuns have devoted their existence' Hitherto their efforts in New Zealand have been much impeded by the numerous difficulties in which they have been placed. The want of suitable conventual and scholastic buildings has been a core trial, and numberless have been the inconveniences arising therefrom. Plans for a Convent, suited to the requirements of the Dominican Rule, and affording facilities to the Sisters for conducting their Schools, according to the style of their European Houses, have been drawn out ; — the means aloue are wanting for the accomplishment of the design. The Nuns, therefore, earnestly solicit donations towards a work which will involve an outlay of at least fourteen or fifteen thousand pounds. The smallest contribution will entitle the donor to a place on the list of Benefactors, for whom prayers are daily offered DOMINICAN CONVENT, DUNEDIN Feast of the Presentation op Opb Lady. OMINICAN CONVENT BUILDING FUND.— Per Mb. O. CUHMINS. .£ S d Mr. John Roach, Blue Spur ... ... ... 1 0 0 „ J. Roughan, Lawrence ... „. ...110 „ J. Daly, Clutha ... ... 10 0 '' J « D .? lott » - ••• - Z. 10 0 Mrs. Kelly „ ... ... ... ..100 Miss M. O'Donohue, Clutha ... ... ... 010 0 A Friend, Manuka Creek ... ... ... 1 1 0 Subscriptions paid to Mr. O. Cummins will in all instances be forwarded to the Lady Superior, and acknowledged in the New Zealand Tablet. rjpHE following SUMS have been received as Subscriptions to A the Tablet for the week ending May 30, 1877 : Mrs. O'Donnell, Kaikoura, to July 10, 1877 0 12 6 Mr. Smith „ January 10, 1878 ... 1 5 0 Mr. J. C. O'Connor, per Mr. T. O'Driscoll . 2 8 6 Mr. D. Hanlon, Clyde, to May 22, 1877 18 0 Mr. J. M'Grath, Naseby, to May 29, 1877 15 0 Mr. G. Purton, St. Bathans, to April 24, 1878 Z. 1 5 0 Subscribers are warned that unless their subscriptions are duly^ « acknowledged as above within a reasonable time, some accident may be suspected. They are, therefore, requested to commuaicate with the Manager should their names not appear within a week or two from the date of forwarding subscriptions. NOTICE.— Our Travelling Agent, MR. O. CUMMINS, is authorised to transact business on behalf of the New Zealand Tablet Company, in those districts visited by him. I ' J