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OLD AND YOUNG CHELSEA.

A.\ KXCHAXOK OP FLAGS.

(ritOJI OUR COHRHSroXDCXT.)

LONDON, /ul} 8 - JIi Ticdcuck Frewin, of Chelsea, Victona, who icecntl} mined ni England, picscntcd on behalf of the Chclsei State school, Victoria an Ausliallan Hag to tho Chelsea Gentilli School London i he ccicmony wns at- tended b} the Agent Gcnciul for Victoria (Sir Gcoige Pniibiinii), Mr II II Smith, M L C Hie um or of Chelsea, mid m mi v visituis inlcicslcd in the largest school ni Chelsea Hie school buildings mc situ- ated on the site of the once famous Crc motne Guldens

The ma}or sud that tho cxtlnnge of lings might he legaideil as a sjmbol of the bonds of love and a Hellion which united Butons with (lien kui ni distant Aus ti aha

Sit Gout gp-Pun binn took occisión to iiiipluiHwu the gieit oppoi lamins in Vic tona loi lui)h and guis He piui-cd the Big Btother movement, and pointed to its value m helping the }oung people who desne to seek n new atmospheic in Vic touu Hie big biotl crs would help to look iftci and advise the little brothels until the! wne ahk lo stand alone

Ah 1 tew in, in handing ova the flag, which w is contained m a casket of Vie touan tunbcis with nattle blossoms and lenes ciuvcd on the tovci, ton\0}cd lo Hit i hllilicn of old Chelsea gi citings fiom tin ho)s and gills ol tho Chelsea under tin Southe! n Cioss A sense of the value of the I inpiio was in the hcirt» of the bovs and gills ot Chelsea in Victoria, and the} nisluil thin ling to stnnd alongside tin Tn"lnh blindais Union Jnck Ho In ought tht ni lett! is from 12 boj s and six culs of )oiiug Chclsei to a similai number of bovs md gills of old Che 1st i which ho hoped w mild ei i nie flesh Incndhhips The lettcts ot the bovs «etc to bo disttibutcd to Ha 12 nu est guis in tho school and the "nls lettus went to be given to tho six uianlicst bo) s

The beul innstci ol tin si hool (Mr Saws btii v ) said thal befoie Mt. Piovvin letuincd to \usliuhu the bovs and gula of tho school w ibhetl lum to t ike back nffncscntatlon flag

foi the school ill Victona j

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