GENEROUS DONATION
IN MEMORY OF TWO SONS. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Dec. 11. Wellington College Board of Governors have received a letter from John Galli, of Kelburn, advising that he -ad paid to the Public Trustee, £IOOO to be invested in the Common Fund, the amount of interest derived thereby to be paid to the Board for the establishment of a College bursary to perpetuate the memory .of his two sons who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War. They were: Captain Oscar E. Galli, D. 5.0., M.C., R.F.A.; and Captain Victor G. Galli, M.C., Cross de Guerre, R.F.A. The donor expressed a wish that the Board might be long spared to award the bursary, and. his.desire that it might stimulate the. recipient to emulate his sons, both “old boys” of the College, in character, patriotism and devotion to duty. The gift was gratefully received by the Board.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1929, Page 5
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150GENEROUS DONATION Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1929, Page 5
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