DISGUSTED WITH THE FATHERLAND.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 11, 14 January 1915, Page 5

DISGUSTED WITH THE FATHERLAND.

MINISTER CHANGES HIS NAME

<Receh'ed Jan. 33, 8.55 p.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. 13 The Presbytery of Sydney endorsed the action of the Rev. Mr Hoisier in changing his name to. Reynolds. In asking permission, the applicant stated that his mother was English and his father German, though lie had never lived in Germany, "In consideration of the treachery and barbarity committed by the German, army and the awful horrors and desolation brought upon the civilised world find the hacking to pieces of the quiet, peace-loving Belgians, the German nation stands guilty of one of the blackest, crimes man is capable of. Therefore Ino longer wish to be- kno»vn as Hoisier."