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matters whereof he had been accused, he said, "I give you two minutes to leave the room by the door. Were it not for the grace of God you would go out by the window." Whereupon they left the presence of the converted prizefighter. His next proceeding was to hold a farewell meeting in a public hall, after having given out that he was about to leave Christchurch. A purse of about £100 was collected for him, and when it was in his pocket he announced that he thought he would stay in Christchurch after all. That night he went "on the spree," and left for Auckland the next day. Having arrived
