SILVER CANDELABRUM
LORD KILBRACKEN'S WISH A JOINT PRESENTATION" Times Cable LONDON. July 5 In a letter to the Times Lord Kilbracken, grandson of John R. Godley, founder of the Canterbury Province, facetiously disclaims any intention of suggesting that Viscount Blodisloe aseumed a mask and jemmy and entered his house with violence and stealth to secure the candelabrum which the latter presented to the Church of St. Lawrence Jewry. Lord Kilbracken adds that there is little doubt that the candelabrum was at some time stolen from his father and secretly disposed of. "I certainly would be glad to have it back for use at the Irish home for which it was originally intended," he writes, "but if Lord Bledisloe insists on it being returned I hope the vicar will keep it in storage until Lord Bledisloo returns, and an arrangement may then be made by which it can be regarded as a joint gift from Lord Bledisloe and myself to tho beautiful historic church." Lord Kilbracken points out that the motive of his original letter was to remove tho impression that some member of his family may have been led, either through poverty or indifference, to sell tho candelabrum.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23083, 7 July 1938, Page 14
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