THE CORONATION.
STATEMENT BY TFI.E PREMIER. NEW ZEALAND CONTINGENT , TO GO. 1 J f TKR PRESS ASSOCIATION 1 WELLINGTON, January 20. i Interviewed by a New Zealand Times reporter to-night, tlio Pro- i mier, Sir Joseph Ward, said it was absurd for anyone to suggest the i Government was keeping anything hack concerning: invitations to the Coronation. No invitation of any kind had been received by the Government for members of the Legislature to attend the ceremony. If •iffc had been members of Parliament would ha-ve boon communicated with at once. Sir Joseph Ward said it was in- 1 tended to send a contingent of 1 troops from New Zealand, but he 1 had strongly urged that, in view of ithe fact that Coronation celebrations t of a suitable character would be car- £ ried out in this dominion, a body of ,i Imperial troops might be sent hero. iyii>«Un9(ffiTß»>« K0903 f
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 January 1911, Page 3
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151THE CORONATION. Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 January 1911, Page 3
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