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..\t this little tovmsl:ip. in tl~e
suburbs of Dunedin
the :)is , at r-equest of His Lordship, Bisho:) rdon,
openec1. a Convent and School in ·1 S'1 •
In 191 p it became necessary to acl.r.dt -snall bo~rs
to
St. Vincent's Girls' Orphanage but as these proved to
too at a tax on sting accommodation the ters
sought 8
sui table property on \Vhicl"l to open an orphanage
for lJO,:·s. In 19 0 a beautiful hor:·1e at 'Javerl , till then
by the late Llr. Scobie McKenzie, rras purc~1ased
l)y
Lessrs • ."-.ndrev1 and Henl'y Hagerty c1 tc:> the
Dunechr; Dister·s :.·ercy. Here St. ~oseph's ' Howe
was e
by t
a·blishecl ct.nd the present new buil
generosity
Dec.m Lie lan of' y. At present the Home
is taxed to capacity and Sisters hone t;:; to the
institution in the near future. \i8.'/el'l Doys 1
is a populs.r
ature of the Hor:1e and is ably c ondu.cted
by l.ir. \·:·helan. The peo:;:>le oi' ~)unedin ~ r-ovide an annual
outing for the .iaverly Boys and nm'e than c:>ne clwri table
citizen has, fro1n tiDe to time, su.ppli eve~y boy in the
th boots, overcoat or suit of clothes.
:Pive ;~isters
attenCl to
igious, mor·al and intellectual tr'aining
of boys and rfi th noble purpc:>se and hi endeavour