THE IRISH ENVOYS

New Zealand Tablet, 15 November 1906, Page 23

THE IRISH ENVOYS

, '-"' The'- Jbir6wlng^lett'e-r-h^sibeen >: ifceived'by Wpai'Cor » of" iiie c 'NVZ>!TaT)lef?,' from^Mr. Joseph-Devlin,- MJP. I ''' ' South" Wales/'* ' " \ ' " " " /' .'. "'" -" '"" November' ■^•*' v I9"C-JB;' > - '•' My Dear FMher.;eitoary,^l''hav O "'becri Vaitine "foV 1 definite information asftor-the exact time we will be ' required here before writing you :?fully-"jn t&e \ communication _you sent me Jast ~week. -It has- now : been decided- 'that we 'will complete 6 : ur • work in Aus--traha' on 1 the- Ist- of December-, and -.leave by the 'first - steamer we can get -for Newi-Zealand" from Melbourne ! Ui\, , o llaran, has ;been „in -with - OVLr <• an.d-% ( expect ,ihat.. t we, shali ' f^l V^.^l^ but : J' am fapl ' siu.V "whether any- - -thing definite has been' <' arranged "ryp 'to^tie present..; With regard: >to -small- .meetings, I' : ma^-say^lhair-I ' have arranged, ..to c atldress^demonstration& iir-the -United ? States v during^ the month,, of. February,, and .-it* will •therefore, be necessary "for' me to leave New -Zealand ' on' January 11.' I /shall 'gladly^speak' every' "night "'if ■meetings cair.be organised' tiuring^that ' time, ln<l : ''I : think Mr. Donovan would be willing- to I*-,1 *-, give -«tbree ; ..weeks longer ,in New. -Zealand, if if- were found -nSes- I sary. r He could devote the" time ' lam e(vin«^-*io « America to -■such 1 work a's'you might require him Mo r * in New Zealand.- We - could' meet in-"''New : Y6rlTsay at - -the, end of February,- and: return to Ireland -.together. * I. should like-, to. know what, you think -of- this Mem v I thank t-|ie. best .thing , to.,^do.. would be to arrange' for •the big-centres first '/during whatever part of be- i cember meetings "could -be- Kel< and"' leave- -- -to- Mr l■Donovan the - smaller- meetings, for which -he would re- ' main if youy.thought , wel.l^pf . it. ThanJcine you for; your warm .interest, in our, mission, and "looking for-; ward to 'the pleasure "of meeting' you. "" "•" " - I am, ■ ' " - ' ; Yours very sincerely, " ' V.'. .' , Joseph jjevlin;'. ■; Mr. Martin Kenneiy, Wellington, writes to saVthat •" I he has received a letter from the " Very' Rev Dr " <■ O Haran,' Sydney, to the effect that' the Irish delegates- are! to -arrive at the Bluff froni Melbourne on December- 3 : and that U\gj are to leave Auckland for San Fran- = Cisco on 11., . '. .-, / , s