TOC H. ANNIVERSARY.
PRINCE TAKES LEADING PART. BRANCHES IN DOMINIONS. •Renter, LONDON, Dec. 16. The Prince of Wales took a leading part in the festivities' to celebrate the eighth anniversary of Toe H. He attended the thanksgiving service in All Hallows Church, City, where he unveiled a casket for his Lamp of Maintenance and placed m repose the sword of Edmund Sweet, one of the founders, which the Prince brought back from Canada. His assistants Vere Sir James Barrie and Lieut.-General Sir Charles Harrington. The Prince later attended another impressive ceremony at the Guildhall, at which he and the Duke of Devonshire spoke. The Prince said there was good reason to hope Australia and South Africa would soon, follow Canada in establishing branches.
The Toe H. movement seeks, by the establishment of hostels and the provision of facilities, to foster and develop a spirit of good fellowship, sympathy and mutual assistance among the single young 1 men. of the Empire, particularly those living away from home in large cities— short, to sustain the spirit which permeated Talbot House of Poperinghe' and Little Talbot House of Ypres, where, during the war. good cheer for mind body and spirit were provided for the fighting men. The title of 'the - society represents the military pronunciation of the initial letters pf the words, Talbot, Hfin|o%
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18585, 18 December 1923, Page 9
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