f the first
Convention of the Baha'is of Australia and New-Zealand, and needless to
say how deeply he was moved by this historic step you have been inspired
to take for the consolidation of the Administration in your country. He
feels confident that through such remarkable evidences of the
self-sacrificing, heroic and united efforts of the Australian and New
Zealand believers an increasing number of hitherto skeptical and
unfriendly people will be gradually attracted to the Faith, and some of
them will eventually join the ranks of the faithful.

Assuring you again of the Guardian's fervent prayers for the continued
expansion of your Baha'i activities, and with his best wishes and
greetings to you and to all the friends in Adelaide,

Yours in His Service,
H. Rabbani.

[From the Guardian:]

Dear and valued co-worker:

I rejoice to learn of the momentous step the Baha'is of Australia and
New-Zealand have taken. They will surely be reinforced by the hosts of the
Kingdom, and deserve the praise and admiration of their fellow-believers
throughout the world. Constancy, co-operation, unity and steadfast
adherence to the spiritual and administrative principles of the Faith are
essential during these days when the foundations of the Universal House of
Justice are being laid through your devoted efforts in your own country. I
will continue to pray for you from the depths of my heart.

Your true brother,
Shoghi.

LETTER OF JULY 26TH, 1934

July 26th, 1934.

Dear Miss Brooks,

I am directed by the Guardian to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
June 6th, written on behalf on the N.S.A. of the Baha'is of Australia and
New-Zealand, and to convey to you, and to your collaborators on that
Assembly his grateful appreciation of the stupendous efforts you have
unanimously exerted for making your first Convention such a sucessful and
promising meeting. Your collective and continued sacrifices, as well as
the assistance and guidance of Baha'u'llah have surely been responsible
for this historic triumph which you have been able to achieve in the
administrative field of the Cause--a triumph which will inevitably bring
about a renewed and deeper spiritual consciousness to all the believers in
these far-off lands.

Shoghi Effendi is praying from the very depths of his heart for your
guidance and assistance, and hopes that as a result your National Assembly
will be soon enabled to take such steps as would enable it