THE SIXTH CONTINGENT.
(per press association.)
Auckland, January 15. At a meeting of the Sixth Contingent send-off committee, a lively discussion took place on the motion of Mr Wesley Sprngg that in deference to the wishes of Lord Roberts no alcoholic liquor ho provided at the dinner to the troopers, a majority voted for the motion, but the minority declared that the meeting had been packed hy (he temperance people. It was then decided that only those who attended the previous meetings .should vote, the result being 8 for and 8 against. It was finally decided that the refreshments committee be asked to make a recommendation on the matter. Christchurch, This Day. At a meeting of the Patriotic War Fund Committee an offer was received from the National Mutual Life Association to insure 35 men of the Sixth Contingent for 13 months. The committee decided to thank the Association for its offer, and inform it that as the funds in Ihe hands of the committee could not he applied to insuring only one section of the Canterbury troopers, and as the insurance of the whole was beyond the committee’s means (hey regretted that the proposal could not he entertained.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 16 January 1901, Page 3
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199THE SIXTH CONTINGENT. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 16 January 1901, Page 3
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