Relics of Trafalgar.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 April 1910, Page 4

Relics of Trafalgar.

NKLSOVS IMJI/K .MO.VKY Y»'hat sec-nis to be an extremely interesting relic of Trafalgar ha,s !)iL.-n secured for If.M.S. Victory. The Hritish and Ivvreign Sailors' Society we-re informed by. a naval .illicer that i!ie ledgers from which all the prize money for Trafalgar was paid could be secure.:! for the modest sum of €o8 10s. The ledg.. r.s, it is said, contain the name, ol cvrvy oiiieer and man who t;xsk p-srt in that action with tho amount ieeeired. The llev. Kdward AY. Matthews. x ■■■reb'.ry of (be society, issued an ;'P))c-:'l in which he said: "If any British jjatriet desires to ])rosent If.M.S. Yictcry witii 'Miis record of the Him braves' (giving tho name-; of our sea heroes who, on the uever-to-he-forgiitte'ii daw October LMsr. 180.1, won a great victory, farreaching e.s the Hritisih Kmpire it- " 'If) a c!ir'(|iie might be sent for the f"S 1C!-; to the ln.-:i-!(,iii!rh'rs of t'ie Hritish and I'\>rei<in S,iilor r ;' fvseietv (-•■f whicli Admiral the Prince (if V.'al ..>• is pa Iron). P;ir--«-!>!: r:> ICdwarc's S-til'-rs' Palac. , . rjimeli'.'i'se, I.oiidon, I'!." Mr Matthew-:, n few days laler. s+ated t!>;:t_h:- bad received' a'l oflVr e.f Ibe T'liuired aruim , .!. :rul t!u> retivi'tion cf the relic in c-liis country was. therefore, avsnrerl.