Engagement

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 64, 17 March 1937, Page 15

Engagement

BURTON—KING The engagement is announced of Madge Winifred, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs, G. T. King, Taihape, to Jack, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Burton, Bunnythorpe.

workers in joining together to raise funds for the new church, said Mr Savage. The Sisters of Mercy, whose work was well known to him personally and to most people, deserved best thanks. They were constantly carrying on a great war, not only for the children but for the adults.

In opening the gathering, Mr Savage expressed his best wishes for its success. He suggested that the funds might be obtained more rapidly if the services of Mr Hodgens were enlisted as collector.

Addressing the children, Mr Savage said it was his great hope that the Government would be able to remove the grave disabilities under which many teachers in Convent and State schools were at present labouring. He recalled vividly conversations he had had with Professor Shelley when the latter was advocating a national conservatorium of music. The Government was intent on effectig such improvements,- realising as it did the absolute need for a greater breadth in life. That could best bo obtained by making bright the .lives of the children, who were the rulers of to-morrow.

An etching of the Convent, done by one of the sisters, was presented to Mr Savage by Audrey Fuller.