CURTAILED POSTAL SERVICES
By TelcKraiili.—Press Association. Mokitikn, IVhruarv 21. The county chairman ,visiting South Westland, received many complaints from settlers at the curtailment of tho postal services by one-half, and he is urging the renewal of tho original services. It was emphasised that the urgent need of South Westlaud is tlio bridging of rivers and' streams. intercepting the wellkept roads.
A veteran of tho - Maori war, Mr. George Isles I'anter, who Mil for eoifio months ljcen aii ininato of tlio Veterans' Homo,- 'died'lit tho Auckland Hospital on Wednesday. 'Mr. Pan lev, who was 77 vcars of age, arrived in the Dominion in February, ISffil, in which year lie joined the militia at Auckland. Subsequently he was transferred to ! tho No. 2 Waikato Ueginlcnt,. and later to the Armed Constabulary, in which,* under Captain Driscoll, lie was put in charge of the commissariat stores at Mercer. During his service in the Wnikato lie participated in' the engagement at Miranda. Aftei- (liscliai'ce. Mr. Panter went to the Thames goldfields, later returning ■ to Auckland. 'Mr. Panter was at one time proprietor of .(ho Witvorley Hotel.- lie was a prominent l'Vecinason. A military funeral was accorded tho late veteran at Waikaraka Cemetery,
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 127, 22 February 1919, Page 7
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198CURTAILED POSTAL SERVICES Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 127, 22 February 1919, Page 7
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