LONDON CENTRE
NEW ZEALAND V.M.C.A.
OFFICIAL OPENING
(From the Official War Correspondent attached to the New Zealand Forces in Great Britain.) LONDON, July 4. The London centre of the New Zealand V.M.C.A. was officially opened this evening by the High Commissioner for New Zealand, Mr. W. J. Jordan, who paid a tribute to the generosity of the London Midland Scottish Railway owners in making available a building which was leased for a peppercorn rental. Disclaiming thanks, Mr. Ashton Davies, vice-presi-dent of the London Midland Scottish, said: "We are all engaged in one task today—every son of the Mother Country and every son of the Dominions — we are all out to do our best."
Sir Henry McMahon, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.0., the president, extended the good' wishes of the British V.M.C.A. The Bishop of Waiapu, senior New Zealand chaplain, dedicated the building in prayer. Mr. R. W. Gunson, formerly of Auckland, has undertaken the hono-. rary management of the centre, and is being assisted by a volunteer staff of former New Zealand ladies.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 6, 6 July 1940, Page 16
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