MR J. J. VIRGO’S VISIT

Evening Star, Issue 16237, 5 October 1916, Page 6

MR J. J. VIRGO’S VISIT

A MESSAGE FROM THE BOYS. Mr J. J. Vhrxo, tho .nutiozml field rcci-c----iary of t-nc British Y.M.C-A.s, wiu> ia on a tour of the Ovcreea Dominion;;, with tho object of organising the forces of tho Y.M.C.A.,3 ihroughvub Lho Empire for work soldiers, passed tlironcrh Dun-e-din rx-stevday afternoon, after a most strenuous time up north. Yesterday afternoon was spent at Milton and Gore, Aid to-night. Mr Virgo speaks to audiences at Invomi-rgi.il. That tho work which M,r \ drgo represents is r.pprecia-tad and understood by his hearers is proved by tho fact that Oamoru has undertaken to supply a new lint for field r-n-vioe von-;, Ba-iolutlm two, Itniarn two, md zYshburtou q-roV ably one Mr Virgo, in an interview, *ald that ha had h.ad ...0 years’ expe-ricnoe iu V-M.O.A. work, 25 years being spent in Adolsedo and .Sydney, and iho bukneo of the time as secreta-y of the great, Loudon YTM.C.A., and latterly in isis present ptii(ion as national field socrotory. In th® addressee to be delivered in Dunedin on Ixidr.y i.to t .he will tell of In?, experiences in Egypt and right up to the tiring lino in Frauen, ha.viujr had riio expe-rbneo of o midiyglit bombardment, with shells shrieking ovorheud. spe-ate of the spirit of tile boys at tho. front- as maoniflceufc, and maint-ains tii-vt nct-hir.g v.o can do D too good for t-hsra. As ho left tho battle front to visit the home of tho bovs, .New Zealand, they had told him to tell the people at homo that, they wore going right- through with it, and * tho iitoisaqo ha brought from the generals was that ho should try and get as many hutments put up for tho soldiars as possible, as the people at home could not realiso how ucc-eotary trsvo these •institutions to the men just out cf tha living lino. Mr Virgo brings tritit him a message from His Majesty -the King, which lie will make public at bis meeting. B * on Friday. The meetings era as follow :—To-mor-row morning, at 11.30, a civic receptionat the Town Hall; at 3 o’clock, a mot-tins for women at Burns Hall, on the subject ‘ Women’s Work and tho W-a-r ’; and at S p.m., a public meeting nt His Majesty's Theatre. Further partioalai's may bo obtained from our advertising column.