A meeting at. Palmerston .North yesterday set'.up-a strong executive for the relief of sufferers by the northern bush- fires. A, sum j'of £360. was subscribed . in 'the room. . . Including the newspaper funds, £461_ 7s. has been raised in two . days,' besides goods and Association..
A public meoting held at Wanganui last night.decided to hold a street and house-to-house collection on Wednesday next, in-aid of the Waimarino sufferers. All the war organisations and kindred associations aro enthusiastically' taking the matter up.—Press Assn.
Mr. Harry Lauder, addressing the Montreal Canadian Club, the audience to the greatest indignation when he repeated a story told him by his dead son. The Germans had cap-tured-six men of Black Watch. '11 icy stripped them, ninde them stand: at attention through the cold night in the trenches, and at dawn said, "You swine, get back to your trenches." Then as the helpless, frozen and naked men stumbled over No Man's Land they wero deliberately mown gown'bp machine-guns.. Fervent cries of ange;. - and horror-greeted the.relating of this incident. , '
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 158, 23 March 1918, Page 7
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170Untitled Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 158, 23 March 1918, Page 7
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