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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 March 1916, Page 3

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1-1 it: iouu niny m.-1-aiis uavu been iolj waided lo liio oiiromcio at request oi j i-Ut> uue Lnovciuoi' oi Atnv iur Hiioruiuliou oi bile patriotic societies ana oi liio public geucr~ .1 iuu> :Ullu; ul Ule OollU'ill Council oi Lao Uiuer oi St. John and thu *Nevv /-cMiiuin. ijiuiicii oi Lao Jinl-issn lieu o..vicLy wsa held u-t "Jilimvood. ' <„jii i.vc.iiiuii, iit lu a.iu.j on i'riday, ino minor ciio chairmanship oi in,i blie Governor, at. whicn. lho io.u.l'. ijig lucuiooiw wore present. -ur V. Louies, Airs J. r. Luke, Mr v.. (, »V military district), Air J. A. l'leslier (Gairistciiureii), Air b. 'inpp (lima.ru;, Air J. I'. Hays (Nelson,), Jir J. lii. lioiie (iluiiediii;, Air Miss AijeLeaii viouujlaiid). liio iollov.mg resolutions were cur-, nod unanimously ; — 1-rap.,sod by iii» Jilxcvliency the Uovernor. seconded by .\lr Tripp "lhafc iiiotuoiii.iii- Loiiuiiei VV. H. S. Alooriii iibo a,ci at. oilioor lu charge oi uie central department, m \\ elliiiatoii.' ; I'i'oposoU by Air i'loslier, (seconded oy Mi't> Luke: "'iiiat ui response to an ajiijuai iroiu iiis JSxeollcney tlie Viceroy oi India, bandages, surgical dressing, body bolts, essence oi' best, essence ol iiiuuou and condensed! milk, bo loi warded iui- use oi troop* in Mesopotamia,."

i'ropotsed by Mr JL!oul', seconded by •U i i'ou io.i: "Tluit the officer iu. charge oi die ceutial office bo auuiorized on tin.' uutnority oi the Governor to sot<tio maters oi exLrento urgency by caii- . mg a meeting ol the Central Council 'throe •jcing a quorum— one tor eacn ■ centre), under lite eJiainnausliip of His lL.\coileiiev or a deputy chairman a.p- ---•" -is, .i by him." * I'roposed by Mr AUau, seconded by Mi.-b .McLean : ''Tii 111 expenditure to the amount oi' say .L'.SOO per annum be authorized lor executive purposes, to be apportioned equally among the milium, districts represented oil the counr liritiv-h Ked Cross Society —'lhe Order oi St. .John of .Jerusalem and f .England. 1 .joint War Committee*. 83 i'all Mali, London, S.W. i lOtJj Dee., tyis. My Lord. - I am desired by f,ord t Lan isdown io express to you the gratelii: tiianksi oi tii ■ iiriti-h Hcd Cross i Society and the ur.lor oi St. John > lor the most generou.s contribution oi ! Xeu Zealand to our Intel for relieving I the .sick and wounded. The money lias :io\y been dill;. placed to our credit i at ibe Bank oi lin-gland. and. apart j ti'om the liitvsage "'lnch you liave l'e- ■''' ! through thi' Colonial Ofliee. J am directed by l.uid l.au.sdowne io ask" t.ii.-.l yon will add io your kindness by ink ng any sup winch i- possible to ■oi". y an expression o! gratitude to ail concerned in contributing titis iiumiii' ieiii sum. We would, like to add our .eaak to those uhu have by orga nizaiion and much hard work, helped to Ming our appeal so effectively to the no; ice oi Ine people of .New Zealand. J !teg tiiai \w may lit* permit :ed la the time to say how inde'ited we a: e to you for the assistance which you have been pleased to render to us.. I hr.ve. etc.. K. A. JJi i )eO\, oi the Finance Com nit tee. llis IvxceJleiiey the I'/arl ol leverpool. C.C.M.U.. M.Y.O. Governor and Commander in Cluef. ( >otcruineiit House. Wellington, V.Z.

A drowning fatality oeeurod in tlic -Tu : ii;! ,\atu river ta-t Aloutua oil Sunday iil'torniion when Ambrose liowe, , :% '' -1 years, a son o| a well-known ■s. ttl.T, io.st liis lilt". Uo was on arail. ami slipped, and knocked his head on the rolt or a snag, alid never rose Two others witnessed the acct- • icut, which occurred in a deep noie. i lie i>ody was recovered, about two hours later, u'lion a bruise was noticed on t-lic forehead. At a iiieeiiue ol the subscriber.s to W oundod Soldiers' Jb'umt, the iiou. secretary (Air .J. Usdland) submitted, a report ami b.dance-sheet lor a pcnoci exi ending irom iSeptember za to I' ebruiiry '26. Tile receipts were t-IUI Gs !Jd made up oi members' f>ubscnjiuoi.s £31) llib Od. ladies i.'l-l is. children LG /k od, and. donations ,l'4y ids lUd. The expenditure amounted to £73 17s, spent in buying material iviiK h Jitts been made up into garI ii'onts by momijers ot the Ladies* Gui.d who have sent arway three jftrgu Airs Butler ,ol Shannon. lius received a loiter from the Governor\s private secret-ray, .stating that ail pot>-.-iole enquiries had been made with relerenco to her .soil, Private liutler. ile had lieou reported wounded on August Bill, and in General God ley's opinion he should, have been reported as "wounded and missing.'' as nothing had since been heard of him. This leaves little doubt that Private .liutler s name is one more of those who adorn the .Roll of Honour, and wlio have laid down their lives in defence of home ami kindred. Tlie I lev. I)r Oleary, Roman Catholic liishop of Auckland, has been an inmate of tii« Hater AJ.isericordiac Hospital at Ait. Eden since last week. A successful operation was performed • last Friday to remove the cause of a tr-üble that tor months past has consid.' ably retarded the patient's convalescence. The bishop now is making satisfactory progress, and his medical advisers are confident of his general lie 1 Itli bieng considerably improved.