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Arohanui: Letters from Shoghi Effendi to New Zealand

Chapter 104: Footnotes
By Effendi Shoghi
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A curated collection presents letters, telegrams, and short statements addressed to Bahá'í individuals and institutions in New Zealand, gathered and arranged chronologically. The correspondence combines pastoral counsel, administrative guidance, and practical advice on community building alongside responses to doctrinal and social questions. Several telegrams and topical statements on matters such as alcohol, evolution, scouting, and the soul are included. Many letters were drafted by secretaries at the Guardian's direction, with selected passages in his own hand, and the volume is accompanied by editorial notes and an appendix clarifying references.

Footnotes

1.

Rev. Oscar Blundell

2.

Miss Palter was the fiancee of Bertram Dewing. The name is possibly misspelled, and may be “Miss Patton”. (Department of the Secretariat, Universal House of Justice. August 16th, 1979)

3.

The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand

4.

The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand

5.

Dick Alexander was the fiance of Miss Vera Dewing. (Department of the Secretariat, Universal House of Justice. August 16th, 1979)

6.

Fred Schopflocher was appointed Hand of the Cause of God in Canada on February 29th, 1952.

7.

The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand

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The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand

9.

The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand

10.

“The Bahá’í World, Vol. IX, 1940–1944”, pp. 600–602. Bahá’í Publishing Committee, Wilmette, Illinois, 1945

11.

“The Bahá’í World, Vol. IX, 1940–1944”, pp. 593–596. Bahá’í Publishing Committee, Wilmette, Illinois, 1945

12.

“The Bahá’í World, Vol. VI, 1934–1936”, pp. 496–498. Bahá’í Publishing Committee, New York, 1937

13.

Unable to identify. Department of the Secretariat, Universal House of Justice, August, 1979