A CRICKET BAT.
AUTOGRAPHED BY NEW ZEALANDERS. (From Ocu Own Correspondent.) LONDON, February 8. A cricket bat autographed by the New Zealand team visiting England in 1927 was presented by Mr P. Surridge of London, for sale on behalf of the funds of the Alexandra- Orphanage, Harerstock Hill, North London. At the 168th annual festival of the orphanage, held at the Mansion House under the chairmanship of the Lord Mayor on January 26, several offers were made for the bat, which was secured by the Hon. Sir Edgar Bowring, late High Commissioner for Newfoundland, for 65 gns. Sir Edger Bowring handed the bat to the Lord Mayor for presentation to the orphanage, where it will be preserved as a valued memento. The Alexandra Orphanage, formerly known as the Orphan Working School, has many old scholar* in all parts of the Empire. It is the oldest omhanage for boys and girls in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1758. Its treasurer is Lord* Marshall, of Chipstead, who has held thT office for 50 vears. In that time he has seen nearlv 2000 fatherless children pass through the trainin'* of the institution and has administered nearly half a million sterling jn its funds.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20361, 19 March 1928, Page 12
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202A CRICKET BAT. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20361, 19 March 1928, Page 12
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