CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 April 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

[ELEUTIUC TELEGUAI-H —COPYRIGHT.] [PKll PRESS ASSOCIATION. I (Recoivod 1 his Day 10.5 a.m.) A SOCIAL EVENT. Queen Alexandra, several Royalties, the Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith and membem of Cabinet attended the wedding \ . of the Hon. Neil Primrose to Lady } Victoria: at St. Jlargarets. I It was tl)&3great social event of the ( season. (Received This Day 8.-15 a.111) MIXERS RETURN TO WORK. Loliduil, April / - Two thousand Welsh miners returnei' to work with admirable loyalty to Lord Kitchener's appeal. - (Received 'illis Day 9.1 a.m.) j DIED FROM PN EI'MOM A j Melbourne. TUi-s Day The Defence Department announces that Edward Healv of the Now SouMi Wales Expeditionary Force, died from pneumonia. His parents re-sid" in N T e«" Zealand. INTERNED STEAMERS. Sir Alexander Peacock has been notified that the German steamers Ilaniru and Apolda. interned at are proceeding to Australia 011 April sth KING ALBERT'S BIRTHDAY. Th« Rose-day Belgian Appeal Committee cabled to King Albert saying it wan holding a festival to aid tfie Belgians and felicitating His Majesty on his birthday. King Albert replied thankmg the committee, and saying that lie- would be happy personally to distribute the gift to liis unhappy countrymen. AGGRIEVED SOLDIERS. Fremantlc, This Day A deputation of sixty-one .soldier*, invalided from Egypt, requested the press t-o repudiate the untrue reports, particularly Captain Bean's statements, reflecting on the behaviour of the troops in Egypt- The deputation admitted that there w ere a few rotteis among the Brigade; this wa.s Found 111 any aggregation of men. Slany things done by the New Zealand and English j Territorials were attributed to Australians