Referring to the fund used until recently for farm training nth Jock House of the sons of seamen killed in the Great War. Dr. Falconer, nt the jubilee celebrations of the Sailors Rest House, Dunedin, said that after the wnr the sheep farmers of New Zealand had contributed a percentage of their profits of £2,000.000 to the fund as an indication of their indebtedness to the mercantile marine. What the speaker would like to see would be a central council representative of all the seamen’s missions in New Zealand administering the fund for the benefit of sailors. Another speaker stated that tlie fund would he well utilised in helping the work of the various rests, and he” hoped that the trustees would be influenced to bring this about.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 217, 13 August 1937, Page 7
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