N.Z. Contingent

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 33, 23 February 1937, Page 6

N.Z. Contingent

-Press Asaociatiom.)

SELECHON TO GO TO i CORONATION Napier and Wairoa Man % Picked ONE V.C. HOLDER

(By Telegraph-

WELLINGTON, Last Night. , It was announced by the Minister eW Defence, Hon. F. Jones, to-day that thtj following ten returned soldiers now serving in the Territorial Forces, hadT been seleeted by ballot for inclusion iuj the military contingent to rtpreseni| New Zealand at the Coronatioxv;— Auckland Distzicts. No. 14/131 James Crichton, Northboro Eoad, Takapuna, No. 23426 Gilbert John Parkinsoz^ T Opotiki Hotel, Opotiki. Wellington Distriets, No. 10948 Thos, W, Henderson, Tuna,J via Stratford. | No. 9/1808 Stanley jGeoiga Comptofi^ Frasertown, Wairoa, Canterbury Distriets, No. 43435 David William MaUiW, Queen S.treet, Westport, ' hi No. 6/624 William Jot* Eastfftt^ T Weld Street, Hokitika, Southland Distriets, Charles Barrow, Burrows sfcr eetj BliffiE) No, 4/916 Sinolair E. MeLaren,, SSL ' Baldwin street, North East yalleTs Dunedin, Additional Unifts. Eepresenting Maozi Eetnrned ciiers.— No.19848 Samuel Wm. Gemme'H Post Office, Napier, k South African Wai yeteraaar—Nal " *y .6329 Samuel Steele (1st Con^ngfnl^ Cameron road, Tauranga, , The Minister explained that wbm. tM Government deeided to despatch • military contingent to repxesent NeW Zealand' at the King's Coronation, ifi was arranged that ainong ten xepresenH tatives of Betuxned Soldiers now serW * ing in the Territorial Forces, one shoul4 w. represent the South African war vatew ans and ianother the Maoai race, jUs applications for inclusion had eome tsj w" Wellington and a ballot was taken lasi Friday night with the results as given There were present at the ballot, ra« presentatives of the Now Zealand ^Ba turned Soldiers' Associatiooi Soutt ^ African War. .Veterans' Associatfoo, Do« Y fence Department, Pensiona' Deparb •- ment, and representativo Of the ister. In the case of the .VXL holder, \ his name was not submitted to ballot, / w -the raio being that holders of that hoia our were eligible for inclusion and jwould be seleeted, The selections are subject to tha mea (passing a final medieal examination. bnt jruch examination, however, will not bl • .-as stringent as that for activo. servic%