MISCELLANEOUS.

Otaki Mail, 7 May 1923, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

On Wednesday the Rev. Abbott reI ceived from a resident of Ashburton , a New Testament which had been picked up on the battlefield at Gallipoli ■ during the war. A letter accompanied (it which stated it had been found bv |Mr H. V. Stabler, who, the writer j stated, was his son-in-law, and who I had died in Kansas City, U.S.A., about 13 months ago. The Testament had I been found tamiong his belongings. and had been a gift from the Rev. ( C. Palmer, a former vicar of Shannon. Ito Private Norman Harold (Jackie) Wood, an old Shannon boy. who was killed at Gallipoli on May S. 1015, and youngest brother of Mrs P. Gill, of Vance street, and son of Mr and Mrs Tom Wood, of Nash -street. Palmerston North . Needless to say the deceased soldier’s relatives were pleased to recover the -sacred hook after such a long period, fin the Sih o f this morph it win he eight years since Prive'e Wood died. .vi iiie meeting oi imw.cuoUier.- ;u .-lKmnun ii lenti wus i i m tu-.ii me secretary oi the iirnisu ami i*cveign Rime t-ociety stating mat .Ur .... i. i>. Davis unenueii visiting 'me sctiuuis uJ tile Uoiuinmn Willi a vk ,v to atiuresßiug the scholar- alter 6 cnooi trouts and presenting each pupa wi.a a copy ol tire New l esunnent ai.u Hsiang tiie committee u tney wou.d make arrangements lor hi s visit. .\m Downes, a retiring committeeman, moved that it be a recommendation to tlie incoming committee not to have anything to do with it as it was only a stepping stone for Riffle teaching i i schools, fhis was seconded by Mr 1 . Gill. Mr W. Murdoch, the Mayor, in supporting the motion, said it was om . the thin edge of the wedge, stating that it was a question that should lie dealt with apart from the school work. The motion was carried unanimously.