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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2, 12 January 1905, Page 30

A Little Sister pf the Poor once called upon a lady of wealth ajid asked for aid for her .dear people. She was received aoWly, and had to listen to a petulant recital of all the claims on the income of the wealthy, which had tlo be satisfied before the claims of the poor! When the case seemed hopeless, the Sister remembered having a note of Introduction which she bore, and at once presented it. The letter told that the bearer was the daughter of Count X. The situation was changed at once. A liberal donation, cheerfully given, was the result. ' Now, my! dear madame, 1 said the Sister, 4 you must not lose your reward. This gift is for the Count X— 's daughter ; what are you going to give for our dear Lord's sake ? ' Another equally generous donation was forthcoming, and a very practical lesson in purity of intention was taaight.

The residue of the late Sir William Macleay's estate (£17,371 7s 4d) has just been divided by the executors (Messrs. J. J. Fletcher and H. ,M. Makinson) amongst the various charities irrespective of creed. Catholic charities halve benefited in the following proportions :— St. Vincent's Hospital. £2000 ; St. Joseph's Hospital and Sanitorium, Auburn, £500 ; Little Sisters of tihe Poor, Kandwick, £200 ; Lewisham Hospital £1000 ; Kyde Orphanage 1 , £205 ; Mount St. Margaret Asylum, £55 ; Westmead Home, £50 ; St. Vince-nt de Paul Society, Hunter's Hill, £25 ; Waitara Hospital, £50 ; Orphanage, Kincumber, £25 ; St. Mary's Poor Box £18 3s Bd.