'Lord Chelmsford 'attended -the jubilee celebration : of theK Sydney City Mission iri; the Town Hall last week. In-- -tne course of a speech lie made -ah, effective appeal for public support for the mission. - Everybody, he said, could help a- little m the .great .work: His. Excellency told thiß, story. In a particularly crowded tram on elderly lady of ample dimensions looked vainly, for a seat. Then sh c said, m an imploring tons, "Is there no geritleriian who will give me a seat?" There was a slender little man m one corner. He rose at once, and. bowing, graciously, said, "Madame. I will gladly moke one towards it !"
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12772, 25 May 1912, Page 2
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