THE IRISH FUND.
News from Wellington informs us that in the archdiocese there has now been collected the sum of £1937 17s for the Irish Self-Determination Fund. This is a credit to Wellington, which easily leads all the other dioceses of New Zealand. A round sum of £6OOO has been collected now, and New Zealand—or the greater part of ithas done its part well. We pity any Irishman who is able to read how his fellow-countrymen are being murdered- to-day and at the same time to keep his hands in his pockets. At home they are dying for Ireland; out here how many lip patriots will not open their purses for Ireland! The example of New Zealand-born priests of Irish blood, and even of Eng-lish-horn priests, ought to he enough to make some Irishmen hide themselves in the bush for shame for the rest of their lives. n
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New Zealand Tablet, 2 December 1920, Page 22
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148THE IRISH FUND. New Zealand Tablet, 2 December 1920, Page 22
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