Lieutenant-Colonel Bram hall. International Auditor for the Salvation Army, who is at present in New Zealand engaged in auditing the Army's accounts, recently gave a lecture on his experiences in the Scandinavian countries. He related a story of a visit he paid to an isolated settler in Finland. This man lived in the midst of a forest many miles from the nearest settlement. tVlieu the Colonel and another officer reached his hut after a long and trying journey, a young girl first saw them approaching. She ran indoors crying, "Mother, come quick, here are two things like father.” She had never till that momenj: seen another man except her father, so lonely was the existence of the family.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1931, Page 6
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118Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Hokitika Guardian, 3 August 1931, Page 6
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