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0 H.'>.PT ER V • 54 Almost ei~hty years , in 1860, provider;t, :Car•- seei. ,John Lac foP ( 1 ) purchased the excessively disproportionate area of the province of ~estl i to pre~:;cnt clay valu.es. Soon aftel"'V·tarcls that il.'resist e ruagnet - gold. - allured thither flo of cosmop i tan s of eve v.ralk of li who surged tlu"ough Hokitika and converted it from an unimportant t into one of leading ports of thecolony. Dy the of 186h population had 1·1sen fr•ow (2) 100 to , 000 Y:18.ny o:t' vrhom were Irish Catl10lics anxL\Us thei1~ new hon1es to secure the ministrations a priest. su:9ply thei:r.' ne Icev. Pather Ste HaJ.lun was appointed f:l. priest for the West Coast an(t was ly succe by a chain selfs u.c :.·if icing men, l1'ostly Ear ist Pathe1•s, vvho exlli bi ted int id C;!nstancy in theiP service of l)oth God and man. r/e find, as a str•one link in ti1is chain, Rev. ltp I.;artin, S.l.~. viho, born in the South of France in 1830, in due tiLe became a I.~a:dst Pather and volunteered for Australasian ::.iission. After rende valu.able service in Dunedin anc1 Inverc argi , Father I.:aPtin was sent to t his gener·ous, 1. "Zealanclia' October 13tll, 1938, (not signed.) 2. Harist L:essenger. !>.larch 1938. (Editor. )
55 franl(, unPeser'Ved tLough prudently guaro.ed raann:cr quickly Vlon him the esteem and affection of' the 11arishioners vrho were frankly proud of having a priest in their midst. A man of untiring ener Father J:.Iartin projected and accomplishe _ many '•dorlt.s of zeal, anci. h.Ls LU1::oelfish devotion to the :Lnter-e of souls led him to spare nei :c fat nor anxiety in the shepherding of' his numerous flock. Shortly after his appointmet
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COHGl".?.EGATION OF OUR I,ADY OP Li
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2 TABLE OF CONTENTS page 1. PREFACE
Page 5 and 6: BIBLIOGRAPHY. 4 1. PUBLICATIONS. 1.
Page 7 and 8: 6 5. PHAf,:PHLJ:TS. Bishop Cleary:
Page 9 and 10: 8 prestige and learning. She died w
Page 11 and 12: 10 from Pope Pius V111 a Rescript o
Page 13 and 14: 12 the siege of Mefeking. The Annal
Page 15 and 16: 14 on his return joul"ney from Euro
Page 17 and 18: 16 However, in the interests of his
Page 19 and 20: from which it could be exported. 18
Page 21 and 22: 20 ( 1 ) 11 re is a specimen of a M
Page 23 and 24: 22 century among the natives, teach
Page 25 and 26: 2Lj. '-'uropean and the natives in
Page 27 and 28: HOTHER CECILIA MAHER. 26
Page 29 and 30: 28 four years later, and with her o
Page 31 and 32: had taught as well as numbers of no
Page 33 and 34: 32 of the high standard of wo:r'k m
Page 35 and 36: 34 established st. Joseph's Orphana
Page 37 and 38: 36 who so loved the orphans. 1926.
Page 39 and 40: liiother M. 38 G::mzaga and I.lothe
Page 41 and 42: 39 G!lA.FVEH 1 'T. -·---- r; G ,_,
Page 43 and 44: more spac,ious class-roorr.sbecaJne
Page 45 and 46: 43 is a speciality with the pupils
Page 47 and 48: such as Street Days. 45 ST. Philome
Page 49 and 50: 47 fields. r.rother E. Bernard Redw
Page 51 and 52: 49 within the reach tr1e working cl
Page 53 and 54: 51 five years ago made Reefton' s n
Page 55: In (1) 1912 the O'Conor Home for th
Page 59 and 60: 57 11 ,,midst the acclamations of'
Page 61 and 62: Within the follovfing five years sc
Page 63 and 64: 61 beauties tlili Faith, of Scriptu
Page 65 and 66: 63 necessity ancl llO'Ii/ that tl1e
Page 67 and 68: 65 building was erected on the site
Page 69 and 70: house at tlle corner of l.iancheste
Page 71 and 72: M1algamation until ill-health supe1
Page 73 and 74: 71 CHAPTER V1 . When the Hight Hev.
Page 75 and 76: 73 a c1aily attendance of 215. this
Page 77 and 78: 75 e there a convent and school, L1
Page 79 and 80: ar'e mov fo:c·-,;e_rd con antly to
Page 81 and 82: 79 CH.i\.PTER V11 . COlfCLUGIOJ.Y.
Page 83: 81 and under the rule she then esta
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