The King of the Belgians has made a Christian Brother a E>ight of the Order of Leopold. This is Brother "Alexis, who is the X lib. Johnston of Belgium. His works on geography, his relief mips, utla-ee, and globes are excellent, and h ivo won prizes at all international exhibitions of late years. At our HeaMi Exhibition he created quite a sensation, and was awarded a gold medtl. Three j ears ago the King of the Helgiane, whosi interest m geographical questions is extensive, offered a prize of £1000 for the best essay on .» gti>«raDbical subject. Ninety competitors f ion different counties untied tne lists, Brother Alexis took thesecoad pnzj in the com petition.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVII, Issue 4, 17 May 1889, Page 19
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