MR. J. MARION'S DEATH.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 59, 10 March 1921, Page 5

MR. J. MARION'S DEATH.

FUND FOR HIS WIDOW. iKeceived 11.30 a.m.i SYDNEY, this day. i A committee has been formed to , j raise a testimonial to the widow and '[family of Mr. James Marion, the ex- , secretary of the N.S.W. Alliance, who . recently died in New Zealand, as a I. tribute lo his services to temperance. — jI A. and N.Z. Cable.) I Referring to tlie death of Mr. James ■ | Marion, tlie "Sydney Morning Herald" I states that he was the son of a labourer. land commenced work as a stone-breaker |at the age of 11, at Millicent. South | Australia. At the age of 1(5 he was a ! I navvy, and later became an officer of '•the Salvation Army, where he developed ' I nis gifts as a public speaker. Fifteen 'years aeo he became organiser for the " I Good Templars in New South Wales, and later joined the Rev. R. R. S. Ham'- ! irond in mission zone work. A year ago ■! he was sent to investigate the vyorking lof prohibition in the Cnited States and Canada, and after his return was engaged by the New Zealand Alliance to ' organise in New Zealand in of i next year's poll. ! " —~ —