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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12470, 22 February 1909, Page 1

General Booth recently received the fdllowing^telegram from the Queen at Sandringliam :— ."General Booth, headquarters, Salvation Army, London.— Have felt so much for you. Hope operation successful, and trust you are getting on towards complete recovery, and that' the sight you need so much will he completely restored." Mr Higgins saw General Booth again recently and is fully satisfied with the progress that is being made.' Mr John D .' Rockf ellelj of New " * York, is reputedly .the richest man on earth. He* began life as a book-keep-er; ho next started- an oil industry, absorbed rivals, got control of the oil industry, and created the Standard Oil Trust, one of the greatest financial combinations in existence. Its methods and finance were before the courts on 6420 indictments in 1905, and convicted. Mr Rockfeller, who is a Baptist, is a generous friend of de^ serving objects,