THE EXHIBITION,
AN INTERESTING RELIC. CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. In the Exhibition is 'to be found a memorial 'of Great Britain'.^ brave dead. It is a (plain ' glass* case, ■covering : a cioth-ctfvcratf board bespangled with quaint devices in Istonipod metal, and iq one of the most precious thitigs 'in ! the fExhiHitiou; Those bits oS bronze, brass or silver are reguurontal "badiges, gathered on South African battle/ields, and each ono represents a slain British soldier, a life given for the Empire. To : those who realise ithe full signi- ' ficance of that array of bits ■ of metal the little case is a sacred rolicjuary to 'be gazed upon with reverenco a ndj awe. Two hundred andj fifty badges aro (shown, and »ach the relic of >a b'ravo 'soul yieldda up at the call of duty. The badges! are, with a few exceptions, thoso ' of regiments of the Imperial Array, ! and their great variety indicates ' how the -resources of the orgianisa- ' tion were strained to povide the force, which battled for the Einflira i during the jweary struggle in South Africa. i
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 317, 5 December 1906, Page 4
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177THE EXHIBITION, Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLI, Issue 317, 5 December 1906, Page 4
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