VICE-REGAL INTEREST
Naseby Centenarian CONGRATULATIONS SENT Dominion Special Service. Dunedin, October 17. If any further evidence were required of the kindly interest that the Gov-ernor-General, Lord Bledisloe, takes in the people of the Dominion, it is provided in a letter he has written to Mr. J. A. Crawford, a centenarian, of Naseby, an account of whose life was recently published. Lord Bledisloe writes as follows:— “I have just read an account which recently appeared of your long and remarkable career, extending, in varied experiences, over more than 100 years. Accept my hearty congratulations on your rare achievement in having passed your one hundred and third year in posssesslon of many of your faculties and with the capacity to enjoy a ripe old age. “Her Excellency and I send to you and Mrs. Crawford our best wishes, and trust that you may long continue to keep well and happy.”
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 20, 18 October 1933, Page 8
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