COMRADES OF THE WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 December 1924, Page 7

COMRADES OF THE WAR.

MEMBERS OF TOC H. MEET. PRINCE OF WALES ATTENDS. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Dec. 14, 11.5 p.m. London, Dec. 13. Nearly two thousand members of Toe H. from all parts of the country gathered at London to-day on the occasion of the anniversary of the opening of the original Talbot House ax Poperinghe in 1915. The Prince of Wales attended attired in a Toe H. blazer, and formally opened the new branch at Kennington.

Subsequently he attended a most impressive thanksgiving ceremony at Bark, mg, the congregation including the Lord Mayor (Lord Plumer) and many other prominent persons. The Prince unveiled the chapel which Bishop Talbot dedicated. After this the congregation went in a torchlight procession to Tower Hill, where “The Old Hundredth” was sung; The Prince later attended a supper in the Memorial Hall, wherj the proceedings were most thrilling. In the course of a speech the Prince of Wales said he hoped to visit Toe H. branches during his forthcoming tour and bring back greetings. He alluded to the forthcoming visit of the founder of the Toe. H. (the Rev. "Tubby” Clay ter.) to Australia, where he hoped Lord Forster .'the Governor-General), who was a member of Toe H.. would ask the Anzacs to enter the fold. Altndugh Toe H. was (he nursery, they mu«it remember those who lived far away but who belonged to the Empire.