to an old
family of Covenant-breakers from the days of 'Abdu'l-Baha, was later
pardoned by the Guardian, and a number of years ago, flagrantly disobeyed
the Guardian, and was put out of our local Community here. We all know
that he has been in constant association with the Covenant-breakers ever
since, and he even admits it in his own letter! Needless to say, the
Baha'is should consider him a Covenant-breaker, and shun him entirely. The
harm that he could do a Community if treated otherwise, would be very
great indeed.

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-workers:

The manifold and ever multiplying activities in which the Australian, New
Zealand and Tasmanian Baha'i communities are so devotedly and unitedly
engaged are the object of my constant solicitude, and evoke, as they
steadily expand, feelings of gratitude and admiration in my heart. Though
unavoidably prevented from communicating more frequently with their
elected national representatives, who are directing with exemplary
loyalty, unrelaxing vigilance, inflexible resolve, unsparing devotion and
commendable foresight, the course of these highly meritorious and
promising activities, I follow, through the perusal of the various reports
and news letters I receive from them, every development in the unfoldment
of their work, and surround them as they labour so assiduously for their
Cause, with my fervent prayers, offered on their behalf in the holy
Shrines.

The assistance they have so spontaneously and enthusiastically extended to
the newly established centre in the Fiji Islands, constituting the opening
phase of the crusade destined to be systematically launched by them in the
Pacific Islands--a territory with which their spiritual destiny is
irrevocably linked--has been particularly gratifying and merits unstinted
praise. To have undertaken this additional task, with such determination
and fervour, while immersed in the labours associated with the prosecution
of their Plan, is surely an evidence of their youthful vitality, their
unbounded devotion to the interests of the Faith, and their eager desire
to emulate the example of their sister-communities which have initiated,
over and above their prescribed tasks, enterprises beyond the confines of
their respective homelands.

While this historic undertaking is being carried forward by their elected
national representatives, these communities must concentrate their
attention on the pressing and inescapable