RED CROSS COMMISSIONER
COLONEL RIIODES'S STAY IN ENGLAND. By Telegrapli-I'rcss Association. Christchurch, August 23. At Tai Tapu last night the Hon. C. A'. C. Hardy read a letter from. England from Mrs. Rhodes, stating that Colonel 1?. Uealon Miotics, M.P., tho New Zeai land Red Cross Commissioner in Eng. land, would have tn prolong' his stay there for a few. months. He Irusled that his constituents would lint object when I hey considered the work ho was engaged in. This letter, said Mr. Hardy, to> nether with a cable message sent on .Tnly ii, in which Colonel Rhodes spoko of a "temporary slay," would disposa of a~ rumour that. bad gained currency that Colonel Rhodes was going to remain in England as Red Cross Commissioner for a long period. He knew that Colonel Ulr'des's heart was in Canterbury with his people, but though he might prefer tn bo back in New Zealand, he was not (lie mail to consider liife own inclination when ho saw tho path of duty befora him.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 288, 24 August 1918, Page 6
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171RED CROSS COMMISSIONER Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 288, 24 August 1918, Page 6
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