A BARGE ON THE AVON.
I'KELDttXAIiY TUAINIKCJ FOK THE IBj Telegro oh.—Press Association.! Christchurch, December !$• At a meeting of lad.v members of the Canterbury branch of the N.ivv League, initial steps were lakon to hold o combined fair and exhibition next November '"'■ tho purpose <j| raising funds for the establishment on the Kiver Avon of a barge, oil board of which preliminary sea training will b 0 piven to'lads who havo an idea of going to sea. Estimates showed that .LlfHtO would lie nooessarv to keep tho institution going for live vears, and it is intended to attempt to raise (his sum by means nf a naval fair and exhibition. A number of those present undertook to guarantee ,t]o each towards the goods f.-r (he stalls. At the same meeting the members, ftanding, earned a motion exnressing condolence with the relatives of the brave rrench and English sailors who lost their lives, and acled bravely in rescuine passengers from Ihe steamer Delhi. The president (Vrofessor Blunt) stated that lie would see that tho resolution wns conveyed through the proper channel.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1317, 21 December 1911, Page 4
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180A BARGE ON THE AVON. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1317, 21 December 1911, Page 4
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