A NEW GRACE-BEFORE-MEAT.
Kear-Admiral Halsey, Third Sea Lord, says it is necessary for the Government of the country to help tlio children to learn the work the Navy is doing by making it a compulsory form of education in the schools. '1 .had been away from home for nearly a year," the Admiral says, "and when I returned on a few days' leave I was surprised to hear my small daughter say the following by way of grace: 'Thank God and tho British Navy for my good dinner.—Amen.'" lie suggests that otber children might with advantage adopt a similar grace.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10104, 11 October 1917, Page 7
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100A NEW GRACE-BEFORE-MEAT. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10104, 11 October 1917, Page 7
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