COPPER OFF THE VICTORY.
.'■':.-■ V; STILL DOING DUTY,'■-':. ;■■■ '/■. ''■..': e : ■;";■'.'That <Hff' , teißr ! Af.^ls'6«'S I lias been' "■;:■',' as ,gotfd'.as ',a copper iriine. ' They've - ' '?■ rbfeew:boiling .copper.;for j' : ,'»(;."■'. i'er-y jniauy :years'^ngw!"... .The' remark.. '.■■•';'.'.; *-was. made at tho meeting of the-Wei-. '.:";.,'; liiigtoii'Education Board yesterday, and. r .' had.'.reference to a copper plaque for- . '.•;.•'-) .'wdrdpd.'-by":the'.'British .and Foreign ::';.. Sailors , ' Society if or presentation to the '~''.■.' .. Aviiliier of the essay competition estab- !.'. '~ ; lislied to comrnemorato Nelson's victory j ,' at Trafalgar in 180 p.' .This plaque was said to contain'copper from the keel of' ; . thi)\ Victory..-The trophy, which was • a handsome oiie, : ie to be handed over to,,the author, of the winning essay, '■->'': '.'Agile's Burbi-Jge, : of tho .Mount Cook ' ' BcliGol. -.'■■'-...'■ ;" ■- ■•'■ ': '.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2112, 1 April 1914, Page 7
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111COPPER OFF THE VICTORY. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2112, 1 April 1914, Page 7
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