DISTRESS IN IRELAND

New Zealand Tablet, 12 October 1916, Page 29

DISTRESS IN IRELAND

RIGHT REV. M. VERDON, D.D. (Bishop of Dunedin), Treasurer.

THE ELOQUENT TESTIMONY OF A NEW ZEALANDER (REV. FATHER LOCKINGTON, S.J,) TO THE FAITH AND CHARACTER OF THE DUBLIN MOTHERS, ON WHOSE BEHALF WE ARE-APPEALING FOR HELP:— v IRISH MOTHERS. Oh, those Irish mothers! I see in memory well-remembered forms passing along those narrow streets, some bent and old, some at the dawn of life. As I look, gentle-eyed women pass before me, with faces of dulled ivory, meshed and seamed by lines cut by the chisel of time, and of a beauty not of this earth women whose toil-worn hands that clasp the old brown rosary, are eloquent of strength to seize and lift to good all souls they meet : women whose lips are moulded to lines of peace by years of unending prayer over sleeping babes ; women upon whose brows eternal calmness and resignation sit enthroned, and whose eyes are lit by the light of serene confidence that tells of a heart secure in the friendship of God. Oh, Irish mothers! You know God, and know nothing apart from Him. You understand no failure except failure to love Him. You acknowledge no success that is obtained without Him. You measure the earth with the breadth of vision that comes from the contemplation of eternity! Patient’ with the patience of the martyr, strong with the strength of Christ, the very sight of you lifts men’s thoughts to God, for, oh, Irish mothers, you are the living embodiment of the Spirit of our Faith ! And now these Irish, mothers and their little children, are homeless/ By the river bank they sit in dumb despair, amid the ashes of their homes. Their sorrow and distress and silence appeal to us, and the piteous moan of their starving little ones moves our hearts, though half a world away. Let our strong hand go out to them in sympathy and love. Let our gifts be as a healing balm that will soothe those aching hearts.

Subscriptions to Date : All Subscriptions, big and small, small and big, with name or without name, welcomed

St. Anne's, Wellington South. —Yen. Archdeacon Devoy and clergy, £5 ; Mr. M. Segrief, £2 2s; Mr. James Flanagan, sen., £1 10s; Mrs. Maher, £1; Mr. R. Herlihy, £1; Mrs. Hopkins, £1: Mr. Cassidy, TU Mr. Jas. Carroll, £1; Mr. P. Kennedy, £1 Is; Mr. J. McCarthy, £1 ; Mr. O’Neil, £1 : Mr W. H. Phillips, £1 ; Mr. M. McCarthy, 10s: Mrs. Murray, 10s; Mrs. Lyons, 10s; Mr. John Gamble, 10s; Mr. John Costello, 10s; Mr. D. Peoples, 10s: Mr. P. J. Kelleher, 10s; Mr. Ring, 10s : Miss Sheehy, 10s; Mr. Vernon O'Brien, 10s; Mr. Guthrie, 10s; Mrs. Ridler, 10s; ‘A friend,’ 10s; Miss Byrne, 10s; Mr. John Flanagan, 7s 6d ; Mr. A. McSpeerin, 7s Gd ; Mr. Jas. Higgins, 7s Gd. The following contributed 5s —Mrs. Fitzgibbon, sen., Miss Campbell, Mr. John White, Mr. Jas. Stratford, Mr. Jas. Flanagan, jun., Mr. I). O'Neill, sen., Mr. W. Burne ; Mr. P. D. Hoskins, Mr. P. llannigan, Mrs. Guthrie, Mrs. D. Campbell, Miss H. O’Keefe, Miss Julia O’Keefe, Mr. Jas. Hogan, Mr. I’. Purcell, Mr. M. O’Meara, Mr. McNamara, Mr. Moloney, Mr. A. Hosey, Mr. Hosey, sen., Mrs. Swanston, Mrs. Darragh, Mr. P. McGrath, Mr. Riley, Mr. P. Cahill, Mr. J. Cahill, Mrs. J. Flanaghan, Mr. Fitzgerald, Miss M. Guerin, Mr. Higgins, Miss North, Miss Harris, Miss K. Fahey, Mrs. J. Black, Miss M. Hannan, Mrs. James Mr. M. Marshall, 4s; Mr. W. J. Leahy, 4s. The following contributed 2s 6d —Mr. Darroch, Mr. J. McKenna, Mr. Kane, Miss McNamara, Mr. D. Gillon, Mrs. Wareham, Mrs. Stavely, Mr. D. O’Neill, jun., Mr. Langdon, Mr. W. H. Giles, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. McAteer, Mr. M. Hanrahan, Mrs. Strickland, Mr. V. Henry, A friend,’ ‘ A friend,’ ‘A friend,’ Mr. P. McCarthy, Mr. Sexton, ‘A friend,’ Miss Boake, Mr. J. Boake, Mr. F. Galvin, Mr. T. O’Brien, Mrs, Vaney, Mr. G. Ridler: Mr. M. Hanrahan, 3s ; following contributed 2s — Riley, Mr J. Smith, Mr. Robinson, Miss Fitzgibbon, Mr. P. Higgins, Mrs. J. Smith, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Hayden, Mrs. Byrne, A friend,’ Miss O’Neill, Mr. J. Flynn, ‘A Friend,’ Mrs. C. Simon; small amounts, £1 Bs.

St.. Francis’ Church, Island Bay.—Mr. P. J. O’Regan, £2 2s; Mr. D. Campbell, £l ; Mr. 11. Evatt, £1 ; Mr. M. Kilmartin, £1; Mr. Jas. McGrath, £1 ; Mrs. Harkin, 10s; Mr. M. Redican, 10s; Mr. D. Ritchie, 10s, The following contributed —Mr Gibbs, Mr. Walter, Mr, O’Donnell, Mr. D. Cullen, Mr,

0 Dea, Mr. Anderson, Mr. T. Herlihy, Mr. J. Rediean, Mr. Rump : Mrs. McGinity, 4s. The following contributed 2s Gd—Mr. O. Krohn, Mr. Tlennessy, Mr. Loughnane, Mr. D. O'Donnell, Mr. Taylor, Miss Dillon, Mr. Beveridge Mr. Dallow, 2s ; Mr. F. Whittaker, 2s; Mrs. Casey, 2s; small amounts, 2s. St. Patrick's, Kilbirnie.—Mr. and Mrs. T. Bourke, To ss; Miss Bourke, £2 ; Mr. J. Sullivan, £1 ; Mr. M. Fitzgibbon, 10s: Mr. T. Barraclough, 10s; Mrs. Madden, 10s: Mi's. Jones, 10s: Mrs. Ongley, 10s; Mr. R. W. Collins, 10s: Mr. and Mrs. Castle, 7s 6d. The following contributed ss—Mrs. J. Doyle, Mrs. O. J. Flannery? Mr. P. Mahoney, Miss Bourke, Miss Troy, Mrs. McGahan, Mrs. McCartie, ‘ Charity/ Mr. P. Sullivan; ‘A friend,’ 4s Gd ; Mr. Donohoe, 3s. The following contributed 2s 6d—‘ Lady/ ‘ Ditto,’ Mrs. Banks, Mrs. Griffiths, ‘ Lady,’ 1 Charity/ Mrs. A. Jones, ‘Friend,’ ‘Ditto.’ The following contributed 2s Mi's. D. Cashman, Mrs. Fabling, Mrs. Kershaw, A Friend,’ ‘Ditto’; ‘Sympathisers,’ Seatoun, £1 os Gd. Total, £69 15s. • St. Mary Boulcott Street, Wellington.—Mrs. and Misses Kennedy, £10; Mr. Jas. McDonald, £10; Rev. Fathers O’Connell and Yenning, £5; Mr. M. L. O’Brien, £5; Mr. Maurice O’Connor, £5; Mr. M. D. Burke, £3 3s; Mr. R. Dwyer, £2 ; Mr. D. Dalton, £2 2s; Mrs. Rolleston, £1 Is; Mr. D. Sullivan, £1 Is; Mrs. H. Whelan, £1 Is; Mr. Carmody, sen, £1 Is; Mr. i. D. Kelliher, £1 Is: Mrs. Beauchamp, £1 Is; Major llalpin, £1; Mr. John O’Keefe, £1; Miss Gill, £1 ; Mr. P. McDonald, £1; Mr. P. Minogue, £1; Mr. C. Hogan, £1 ; Mr. L. Dwan, £1 ; Mr. M. O’Donnell, £1 ; Mrs. O’Donnell, £1 ; Mr. Phelan, £1 ; Mr. John McWilliams, £1; Mrs. McArdle, £1 ; Mrs. McCarthy, £1 : Mrs. Kent, £1; ‘ Hibernian,’ £1 ; Mr, Dan Reidy, £1; Mr. M. Ryan, £1; Mr. P. J. McArdle, £1; Mrs. Dwyer, £1 ; Mr. C. Carmody, £1 ; Miss Adams, 15s; Mrs. Arthur, 12s; Mr. D. Ryan, 10s; Mr. Pat. Minogue, 10s; Mr. T. Kelly, 10s; Mr. R. Dooley, 10s; Mr. P. McTone, 10s ; Mr. M. O’Sullivan, 10s; Mr. J. O’Donoghue, 10s; Mr. D. R. Lawlor, 10s; Mr. P. Corby, 10s; Mr. S. Brogan, 10s; Mrs. McGrath, 10s; Mrs. Smith, 10s; Mr. P. Carmody, 10s; Mr. T. O’Brien, 10s. The following contributed ss—Mr. T. P. Lyons, Mrs. Phelan, Mr. J. Devlin, Mr. J. Cashman f Mr. J. D. McPhee, Mr. T. O’Sullivan, Mr. J.

Tigue, Mr. A. Roach, Mr. Duhon, Mr. P. W. Galvin, . Miss O’ Brien, Mr. M. Tigue; Mr. T. Toohill,,4s; Mr. McLaughlan, 4s; small amounts, £2l 8s; —total, £lOl 14s. Thorndon, Wellington.Thorndon clergy, £5 ss; Air. J. Dealy, L 5 ; Mr. J. Dwyer, £2 2s; Mr. E. W. Kane, £2 2s; Mr. E. Somerville, LI 10s; J. and F. McGowan, LI Is; Aliss O’Malley, LI Is; Mr. White, LI Is; Air. J. Breen, LI ; Mr. C. Tehan, £1; Aliss Hamilton, LI : Mr. P. Murphy, £1 : Airs. Butler, LI; Mr. Timothy Murphy, LI ; Mr. T. Campbell, LI ; Air. P. Scully, LI ; Mr. E. W. Gibbs, LI ; Mr. C. Walsh, LI; Mrs. L. Dwan, LI; Air. P. Devoy, 10s 6d; Air. T. Tymons, 10s; Air. Culloty, 10s; Mrs. 11. O’Leary, 10s; Airs. O’Connor, 10s; Mrs. T. Sheehy, 10s; Mr. Maher (Thorndon quay), 10s; Mrs. Jervis, 10s; Air. R. P. Flanagan, 10s: Air. David Griffin, 10s; Mr. J. E. Fitzgerald, 10s; Aliss E. Sheehy, 10s; Mr. W. Blake, 10s; Colonel Collins, 10s; Mr. J. Dealy, 10s; Mr. A. Murphy, 10s : ‘ Sympathiser,’ 10s ; Miss Tudor, 10s: Airs. Duggan, 10s; Air. J. O’ Donnell, 10s: Air. J. L. Leydon, 10s; Air. AI. Cleary, 10s: Air. J. L. Day, 10s; ‘Anonymous,’ 7s. The following contributed 5s — Air. Clark (Hill street), Mrs. Levin, Air. J. Brennan, Mrs. AlcShcrry, Air. AI. J. Dwyer, Mr. Oban, Airs. Oban, Aliss Cody, Air. AI. Walsh, Miss Tuckhurst, Air. D. Lynch, Air. P. Canavan, ‘A friend,’ J.D., Mr. H. Scanlon, Mr. 11. Alewhinney, Mr. Sievers, Mrs. Holloway, ‘Sympathiser,’ Airs. Lang, Aliss Geoghan, Air. N. Hansen, Mr. Landers: Air. James Fitzgerald, 4s ; Three Friends, 3s ; Two Friends, 3s. The following contributed 2s 6d — Air. Blake (Wadestown), Airs. Tiller, Airs. Quinn, Mr. J. AlcKeown, * Friend,’ Friend,’ Anonymous,’ Air. Dunn, Airs. Biddle, ‘Friend,’ Air. Murphy, Miss Breen, E.J.H., ‘A Friend,’ Aliss Scanlon, Sympathiser,’ Miss Hunt, Air. W. Alexander. The following contributed 2s — Mr. Hickmott, Friend,’ ‘ A Friend,’ ‘ A Friend,’ Air. AI. Donovan, Airs. AlcKeown; ‘Friend,’ Is; Airs. Nimmo, Is; S.A., 6d : small sums, £2 10s; Airs. T., 2s ; small amounts, 4s fid: —total, L 54 Is 6d. Macraes Flat. Air. James O’Connell, LI; Air. Frank Hayes, LI; Mr. P. Cushnan, LI; Air. W. Heffernan, LI ; Airs. Nolan, £1 : Air. J. J. Flynn. £1 : Mr. D. AlcConnell, LI; Air. A. Phelan, 10s; Air. J. Hayes, 10s: Mrs. Gilbert, ss: Air. W. Gilbert, ss: Air. W. Heffernan, jun., ss; Mr. M. lleffarnan, ss: Air. J. Heffernan, ss; Air. J. Sheehy, jun., 5s; —total, L 9 10s. ’ Hyde.—Mr. T. Dowling, £2 : Air. T. AlcCabe, LI ; Mr. M. Kinney, LI ; Misses Kinney and bros., LI; Air. AI. Prendergast, 10s; Air. 11. McAuley, ss; Air. W. Halley, ss; Mr. J. Alcßride, 5s ; Mr. A. Wisneski, 2s fid; —total, £6 7s 6cl. St. Gerard’s, Wellington. —Redemptorist Fathers, L 5 ; Air. J. J. AlcGrath, £5 ss: Mrs. O’Neill, L2 2s; Mr. W. Ransfield, £1 10s: Mrs. Galloway, LI Is; Airs. Sullivan (Roxburgh street), LI : Air. J. J. Corry, LI; Mr. James Lynch, LI : Mr. F. J. Oakes, LI : Mr. A. Jeffries, 10s fid; Aliss C. Sullivan, 10s: Mrs. McKelvie, 10s; Airs. Guise, 10s ; Airs. Mooney, 10s; Airs. Jansen, 10s ; Miss Ruby AlcDonald, 10s ; Major O’Sullivan, 10s; Air. E. McKenna, l()s: Air. AI. Callary, 10s. The following contributed ss — Air. Grant, Mr. T. Shields, Mr. Chisholm, Air. J. Cullen, Air. P. Murphy, Mr. J. L. Murphy, Air. AL D. Loftus, Mrs. Brown (Roseneath), Mrs. Blakesley, Mrs. Brown (Caroline street), Mrs. Cullen, Mrs. Gosling, Miss Fitzgerald (Oriental Bay), Nurse Coffey, Miss Swan, Aliss Guise, Miss Ross, Aliss Clancy,. AI O’Brien, Airs. Fraser, ‘A Sympathiser’: Airs. Casey, 3s: the following contributed 2s 6d—Mr. Hurley, R. Patton, Aliss W. Swan, ’ Miss J. Whitaker, Miss Fookes, Aliss Crowley, Miss Patton, Airs. Radley, three ‘ Friends,’ ‘ Anon ’ ; Miss Humphries, 2s: Alaster Purcell, 2s; G. Loftus, 2s: three ‘Friends,’ 2s: — total £3l 8s fid. Omakau. —Mr. James Anderson, LI Is; Air. Con. White, LI Is; Dr. Griffen, LI Is; Mr. Charles Gallagher, LI Is; Air. Frank Donnelly, LI Is; Air. John Moran, LI : Miss Mary McNamara, LI ; Mr, Michael Brady, 5s : Air. Hugh Keenan, ss. 1

St. Bathans. —Mr. J. McDevitt, LI Is ; Mr. Patk. Dillon, sen., LI Is; Mr. John Dillon, LI; Mrs. W. McDevitt, LI ; Mr. James Scott, LI ; Mr. P. J. Lynch, LI; Mr. Matthew Curran, 10s 6d ; Mrs. Coffey, 10s; Mr. John Dwyer, 10s; Mr. Patrick Dillon, jun., 10s; Mr. Simon O’Hara, 10s; Miss Quinn, 10s; Mr. William O’Dowd, 10s; the following contributed —Mr. Anthony Gallagher, Miss O’Shannessy, Mrs. Enright, Miss E. Dillon, Mr. Patrick Regan, Miss Fennessy, Mrs. McDevitt ; small sums, 9s 6d. Waikouaiti and Seacliff. —Mr. P. Toomey, £5 ss; Mr. P. Byrne, L2 : Mr. and Mrs. O’Connell, LI 10s; Mr. Thomas English, LI : Mr. Barrett, LI ; Miss Mary Byrne, LI : Mr. F. Murney, 10s 6d : Miss Nora Reardon, 10s; Miss Susan Byrne, 10s: Mr. Devlin, 10s; Mr. D. Murphy, ss. Port Chalmers. — Medex, LI ; Mrs. Flynn, 10s; Miss Griffeu (St. Leonards), 7s 6d : Mrs. Rennie, ss; Mr. J. Sullivan, ss; Mrs. Azarretti, 2s 6d. Children of Mary, Dunedin, Lsss ; Brigidine Nuns, Masterton ,£sss : Sisters of Mercy, Hokitika, £5 5s ; St. Patrick’s School children, Lawrence, £5 Is: Mr. B. Benhain, Kaikoura, £5: Mr. Fitzgerald, Musselburgh, £5: St. Anne’s Wellington (additional), £4 10s: Mr. Wright, Devonport, Auckland, £3 3s; Rev. Fat her Kaveney, £3 3s of Mary, South Dunedin, £2 2s: Miss E. Fogarty, Devonport, Auckland, L2 2s: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Flannery, Mcßride street, South Dunedin, L2 : Mrs. Hartnell, llororata. Putarura, £2: Mrs. McKetfery, Dunedin, LI Is; Mrs. Noonan, Dunedin, LI Is: Rev. Father Hanrahan, Ahaura, £1 Is: Mr. J. Ilalpin, Ahaura, £1 Is: Mr. P. Blither, Dunedin, i 1 Is; Mr. M. Gillespie, Devonport, Auckland, £1 : ' Forlorn,’ Taranaki, £1 : Mr. Foley, Public Works, Dunedin, LI ; Mr. C. Columb, Dunedin, LI : Mrs. 1 art, Dundas street, Dunedin, LI ; Mr. Matthew Hurley, Ahanra, LI; Mr. M. llealy, Ahaura, LI; Mr. if. A. Boyd, Overdale, LI ; Mr. P. D. Crowley, Rangiatea, LI : Mr. J. T. Mannix, New Plymouth, LI : Mr. L. Blake, AVadestown, Wellington, LI : Mrs. Nicholas Kelly, Riversdale, ' £ 1 : Mr. Mulholland, Dunedin, 10s fid: Mr James Fanning-, Wellington, 10s ; Air. J. Murray, Usk street, Oamaru, 10s; Air. Pierce Carroll, Bald Mill, 10s; Mrs. Michie. Auckland, 10s; Rev. Father Kelly, Kaikoura, 10s; ‘ Sympathiser,’ Waimate, 10s; Mr. N. O Kane, Annandale, 10s; Miss Nellie Walls, Pahitahu, Gisborne, 10s; the following contributed 5s —Mr. Patrick Carroll (Bald Hill), Mr. John McDonald (Bald Hill). Waikanao list, L2 2s ; Jacksons list, 7s 6d. Rev. Father Prendergast, Feilding, £5; Major Corrigan, Wellington, L 3 3s; Mr. Sullivan, Wellington, LI. The following names were incorrectly given last week : — 1 Peter Bolan,’ Seward Bush, should have read peter Bohan; ‘A. Flannery, Ophir ’ (A. Kinney, Chatto Creek) ; ‘ D. Moran,’ Chatto Creek (D. Aloran, Lauder) : ‘ T. J. Dolan ’ (F. J. Doolan) : ‘ Mr. Coonvar, Pahiatna ’ (Mrs. J. Diamond, Coonoor) ; ‘Mr. James Diamond, Pahiatua ’ (Mr. J. Diamond, Coonoor) ; ‘Mrs. Gildens ’ (Mrs. J. Gildea). NOTE. Persons sending subscriptions should write PROPER names and addresses very plainly, so as to avoid mistakes.