“OLD HUNDREDTH” CHIMED.
CONDITION OF BEQUEST. On August 29, between 6 and 7 o’clock, the bells of St. Philip’s Church Hill, Sydney, chimed the “Old Hundreth” to comply with the provisions of a bequest made 50 years ago. The bequest was made by Mr Charles Moore, who sot apart as a gift to the bellringers the dividends from certain stock on condition that at about the hours of his birth in August each year the old hymn should be pealed seven times—each time for one verse of the composition. The first set of bells installed in St. Philip’s was a gift from King George 111., but they were subsequently dispersed when the okl church was demolished. Only three of them emild afterwards be traced. Two wore obtained by the Historical Society, and the third was found at St. Jude’s, Randwick. Governor Hunter brought the bells to Sydney, but it was Governor Bligli who installed them in the church tower of old St. Philip’s, and they were rung for the first time on May 29, 1807. The-present bells were .presented by Mr John Campbell ; M.L.C., one of the leading Sydney citizens of liis day.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 239, 6 September 1933, Page 10
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193“OLD HUNDREDTH” CHIMED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 239, 6 September 1933, Page 10
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