Zealand is certainly progressing,
and beginning to show really promising signs for the immediate future.

The generous donation of land to Yerrinbool School by Mr. Styles will
certainly re-inforce that valuable Baha'i property, and the Guardian very
much appreciated this act of his.

His confidence in, and admiration for, the Baha'is of Australia and New
Zealand is steadily increasing, as he witnesses the enthusiasm and
self-confidence of the believers out there, and the increased capacity of
their National Body to handle wisely and capably the affairs of the Cause.

He assures you all, and through you the believers, of his loving prayers
for your success and the attainment of all the goals of your historic
Plan.

With Baha'i love,
R. Rabbani.

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-workers:

The notable progress achieved in recent months, in so many fields and in
spite of adverse circumstances, demonstrates afresh the vitality of the
faith and the soundness of the outlook, of the members of the
fast-advancing and steadily consolidating community of the followers of
the Cause of Baha'u'llah in Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania. This
remarkable process of expansion and consolidation augurs well for the
ultimate success of the Plan to which the combined resources of this
community are committed. The various reports, both local and national
which I have perused with sustained interest and quickened admiration,
attest the rapid and sound development, of the institutions of a Faith
that is so rich in promise, and whose interests are being promoted with
such devotion, energy, loyalty and consecration by the members of this
community.

What has been achieved, in both the teaching field and in the
administrative sphere of Baha'i service, however is but a stepping stone
to the still greater victories which the gradual unfoldment of the Plan
must inevitably produce. The multiplication of the groups and assemblies
that constitute the bedrock of the Faith, must accompany the consolidating
process which must bring in its wake, on the one hand, the incorporation
of these assemblies and their recognition by the civil authorities, and
the establishment, on the other, of Baha'i local endowments and the right
of these assemblies to execute, officially, the fundamental laws of the
Most Holy Book regarding both marriage and divorce that constitute the
distinguishing feature of this most holy and august Dispensation.

The ta