Y.M.C.A. CENTRE
OPENED FOR NEW ZEALANDERS IN LONDON. GENEROSITY OF RAILWAY PROPRIETORS. (From the official war correspondent with the New Zealand forces in Britain.) LONDON. July 4. The London centre of the New Zealand Y.M.C.A. was opened by Mr W. J. Jordan, who paid a tribute to the generosity of the London. Midland and Scottish Railway owners, in making available the building, which was leas- . ed for a peppercorn rental. DisclaimA ing thanks, Mr Ashton Davies, Vice- \ President of the London, Midland and ’Scottish, said: "We are all engaged in one task, every son of the Mother Country and every son of the Dominions and we are all out to do our best.” Sir Henry McMahon, President, extended the good wishes of the British Y.M.C.A.. and the Bishop of Waiapu, the senior New Zealand chaplain, dedicated the building in prayer. Mr R. W. Gunson, formerly of Auckland has undertaken the honorary management of the centre and is being assisted by a volunteer stall' of former New Zealand ladies.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 July 1940, Page 3
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