GERMAN BELLS TO GO.
“Wo Avail! to remove from New Zealand everything llml nmy lie offensive to the French people,” said (he Acting-Frimc .Minister, in a speech nt (lie Town lln 11, Wellington, on Monday. “in the city of Christchurch, I understand, there it re iti n church some German hells ninth' out of metal from artillery tiiken from the French in the campaign some yo.-irs ago. Those hells tire to he In ken down —(applause,— end unless the French Consul nt; Auckland suggests (lint (hey go to some other purpose, they will he melted down." (Apphmse.)
Christchurch, July l(i
Th (lermnn hells that have hung in the tower of the old (iermnn church at the corner id’ Hereford and .Montreal Streets for many yea is will he taken down, in accordance with instructions of the Acting Prime .Minister. They were obtained by Mr b’uddenklnn. formerly a prominent citizen of the city, and ill one time Mayor. About; forty years ago he .arrived from (lermany. It was comparatively a few years after the Kranco-Cerman war (hat a Herman church had been established in Christchurch, and the hells were made out of French cannon captured during the Avar. They were presented to the church by Emperor William 1., grandfather of the present Kaiser.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1854, 18 July 1918, Page 2
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212GERMAN BELLS TO GO. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1854, 18 July 1918, Page 2
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