Page 1 Advertisements Column 4

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1942, 20 February 1919, Page 1

ZTCKBIUTGOE V.C.’s FUNLKAL. At the inncrul service of Able Seaman Albert C. McKenzie, V.C., at St. Mark’s Church, Camberwell, at which Captain Carpenter, V.C., of the Vindictive, was present, Canon Vcazey, the vicar, read the following' message from the King and Queen: “In the special circumstances of Able Seaman McKenzie’s lamentable death, and the fact of his being a V.C., and, as you say, the lirsl London sailor to receive that most honourable award, you are authorised to express at the public funeral the sympathy of their Majesties to the widowed mother and family. Their Majesties were grieved to hear of his untimely death, and to think that he had been spared for so short a time to wear the decoration which he had so gallantly won.”

A “To Denm,’’ which now has a place in the services at Westminster Abbey, is the composition of Master Oswald Moat,-of Folkstone. The composer, who is a chorister at; the abbey, is not yet 15. fie. has been appointed dep'uty-orfpmist at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street.

€& 1 jH -when, the boys come home” The Y.M.C.A. will continue to work for each with the fullest strength of its organisation, as it has done in the Camps, at the Base Depots and in the Trenches. Free Membership t for Twelve Months Will be given to all returned soldiers. If you have served with the N.Z. Forces, it is only necessary to apply to the Secretary of the nearest Y.M.C. A., when a free membership card will be issued entitling you to all the privileges of the institution. Let us still keep together in New Zealand under the sign of the ‘‘Red Triangle,” Further information from National Secretary, Y.M.C.A. Headquarters, Baker’s Bldgs., Wellington.