Rev. C. P. Edwards, a popular curate in Southward, on leaving for the vicarage of West Mersey, was presented with a silver tea-service by the local police, in recognition of the manner in which he had often rendered assistance when constables were attacked by ruffians. Ho was known as the " fighting parson," and madeSjothir.g of pulling off his coat and soundly threshing a ruffian who was terrorising over the people.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 7371, 19 November 1898, Page 4
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70Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIII, Issue 7371, 19 November 1898, Page 4
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