ic prosecution of a Plan, on which the immediate destinies of the
entire New Zealand Baha'i community directly depend; and which can alone
provide the stepping-stone to the still more brilliant achievements
destined to ennoble the annals of the Faith in that remote island of the
globe._

_Shoghi_

(67) July 19th, 1957

Secretary, National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Australia.

Dear Baha'i Brother:

...As regards the "Herald of the South" magazine, in view of the important
work lying ahead of your Assembly, and the fact that this magazine is a
drain on the limited resources of the Community, he thinks it would be
quite all right to suspend publication until a future date when the
financial situation permits such expenditures to be made with relative
ease. He leaves, however, the final decision to your Assembly.

The Committee responsible for the publication of this magazine has
certainly laboured valiantly throughout the years, and the publication
will be missed by its readers. However, it is some years since the
American Baha'i Magazine was abandoned for similar reasons, and the
Guardian feels that you can do so in Australia, and the funds be used to
better advantage, at this time. However, now that you have found a printer
in Sydney and appointed a new committee, he thinks you should continue it
and give the new Plan a try....

The successful culmination of the long standing partnership of the
Australian and New Zealand believers thru the emergence of the New Zealand
N. S. A. is a source of great satisfaction to the Guardian, and no doubt
to all the members of both communities. He feels sure this will mark a
turning point in the work in the Antipodes and the neighbouring islands
and give a new lease of life to the teaching work throughout that area.
Both your Assembly and that of New Zealand have now emerged into your
permanent form as pillars of the future International House of Justice.
The bones of the skeleton of the World Order are growing strong, but only
the teaching work can clothe them with flesh....

[From the Guardian:]

_Dear and valued co-workers:_

_...Particularly commendable, and indeed exemplary, has been the share of
the Australian believers in enabling the New-Zealand Baha'i Community to
make such rapid strides, in recent years, strides that have prepared it
for the assumption of its sacred and vital function as an independent
community, and which culminated in the forma