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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 March 1937, Page 12

An excited lady clerk rushing into a. staid, gathering of Methodist ministers startled them by exclaiming, “I was right, the Rev. Laws is in L.” Then, realising something of what she had said, she tried to explain. This incident was told by the. Rev. A. B. Chappell at the annual meeting of the Methodist Historical Society, when stressing the absentmindedness of historians when engrossed in their work. The incident arose when Dr. Morley was writing his history of Methodism, and had a young woman as his helper. Between them they had “lost” Mr Laws —the particulars of Rev. Laws' history. Suddenly realising where she had put them, the young lady, regardless of company, rushed to Dr. Morley with the startling announcement stated above. I

“The conditions under which South African War veterans exist in England are extremely poor,” said Dr. A. R. Falconer, C.8.E., Dunedin. who represented New Zealand at a recent veterans' conference at Harrowgate. England, during a special meeting of the Wellington South African War Veterans’ Association. He said it was a common sight to see blind and limbless veterans singing and playing on streets and performing in other ways so that they could supplement their meagre pensions. England, he

said, did not seem to recognise her] veterans, but there was now a move' to help the unfortunates. “There are SOO to 900 of these veterans in workhouses over there,” he continued. “Ono of the most astonishing things I noticed was that not one person I met in England, outside those at the conference, knew there was a South I African War Veterans’ Association.”