PATUMAHOE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 111, 22 November 1915, Page 1

PATUMAHOE.

Our Patumahoe correspondent writes:—"One ot oar much res-' pec ted settlers, Mr Charles Nott, is much annoyed at a rumour which he fays has gained currency to the effect that he is a pro-German, and' that he refused to support th§ different patriotic funds that hav% been raised in the district, i'hfrum'our, he states, is to the effect that his pro-German leanings are. due to his wife's influence, who though a New Zealander, born of a British mother, is of German blood on the father's side. Mr Nott states the effect of the rumour in his own district where he has lived since birth gives him no concern, but it is different in surrounding districts, wheie he and: his wife are not so well known; By bis neighbours who know that his father was a naval man and a red-hot Britisher, who saw many years of service in the British Navy, having taken an active part in the operations during the siege of Sebastopool, the rumour is treated* with the contempt it deserves. That he did not subscribe to the Belgian Fund was due to the fact that he was not called on for a donation, at which he felt much hurt, and he was only too pleased to support the fund for Wounded Soldiers', which he has done with a liberal donation. Mr Nott may rest assured that anyone knowing him and bis wife will be quite satisfied that they are thoroughly British."