1 TEL. NORTH SYDNEY 58.
ST. ALOYSIUS' COLLEGE, S.J.,
MILSON'S POINT,
SYDNEY. May 10 1916 My dear Father Provincial P.C.
When Fr. Superior was
going on to Brisbane to-day he
asked me to send Your Reverence
this enclosed letter and plan, about
this property adjoining our recent ac —
quisition, "Wyalla". There is no intention or request
that the College should secure
"Ardnours" — but from its position one
can easily see that some hold over
it by the Society would be an advan 2 tage. The erection of a terrace of houses,
or flats would be a great draw—
back. What F. Ryan wishes to do is this —
that he should be empowered to in—
vest cannot read money in "Ardnours", if
by renting it he could secure the
money in 'Ardnours', if
by granting it he could secure his
interest. The prices offered are
£6,000 down, and the
on at 6%. The full
price is £4000. I think his price will come
much lower than £4,000 —
and in a letter I wrote recently
to his agents, I don't think that we 3 could not write me on any re—
quisitions unless the selling
price of 'Ardnous' came to £3000
or lower. If F. Ryan could secure
it in some way, it would be
a quiet matter. Already the
securing of 'Wyalla' has left St.
Aloysius' in a strong position —
and it has come when most
undid. Yesterday and to—day there
were 170 boys actually in class.
Some of them sitting in chairs around
the walls of class—rooms: some
squatting on the floor. We hope to 4 be in of 'Wyalla' within
a week from to—day. Our deepest sympathy goes to poor
old Dublin — as during the last
two or three weeks our papers have
been full of the dreadful happenings
in Ireland. At first the feeling was one
of anger with Sinn Feiners — but
there is now a swing to the other
side, owing to the hurting of so
many — a treatment so different to
that of the S. African rebels. Yours, my dear Father,
very sincerely and respectfully
in the
P. McCurtin, S. J.