CHRISTCHURCH LANDMARK.
GERMAN CHURCH STEEPLE. J"BX Ti^EOBAJTr.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH. Thursday. '• An old Christohurch . landmark. th« steeple of the-' German church; in" Wor- . cester Street, was pulled down to-day. The church was erected over SO • years < ■ ago, and the steeple contained aneal of y. ... bells/' presented, by .the.. ', ex-Kaiser'*' - father. These .bells, .containing' metal -, t from', capfrurM '. French.' cannon, were,;'' 1 ,\ melted arid: .sold for ; old metal during the early .years of the war. r » For years the church' was, held by ■ Spiritualists, but has now-been taken over - ■ by the' Evangelical Lutherans, who are rc» modelling it. '■\ : .' : '-'r " ■ ' *■" ...
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18468, 3 August 1923, Page 8
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