TALBOT HOUSE.
Purchased and Restored to War-time Appearance.
GIFT OF LORD WAKEFIELD,
(Received 11 a.m.)
LONDON, April 6.
Ypres messages state .that in the presence of delegates from all parts of the Empire, Lord Wakefield, the wealthy British philanthrophist, opened the original Toe H building at Poperinghe, Belgium, which he purchased and restored to its war-time appearance, including the'original chapel.
Rev. P. T. Clayton, accepting the gift on behalf of the Toe H movement, expressed the opinion that far into the future the house would continue to exalt and unite the minds of men.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 81, 7 April 1931, Page 7
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