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Major Toomer, of the Salvation Army, returned to Palmerston by the mail train this morning. Mr J. T. Belcher, of Cardiff, lias received a cablegram from his son Wallace, who was wounded in action and is now at Oxford, England, stating that he is “doing fine.” Mr C. W. Carncross, of Eltham, who leaves for Trentham Camp with the November draft, has been advised from headquarters that he has been appointed N'.C.O. Mr R. H. Kivell, of Stratford, today received a cable from his sons, Clem and Cecil, as follows: “Been through all. Both well.” The many friends will be pleased to hear the good news. Yesterday, Mrs J. Fever, of Waipnku, received a telegram from the Defence authorities stating that her son, Harold, a private in the 12th Reinforcements, had been wounded on September 30. At the Stratford County Council’s meeting yesterday, it was resolved to send a letter of sympathy to Mrs Monkhouse, expressing sorrow at the death of Mr W. Monkhouse, who at one time was County Chairman. The following revolution was passed at the meeting of the Stratford County Council yesterday: “That a letter expressing sympathy and condolence be forwarded to Mr H. N. Liardet on the death of his son, Lieutenant Liardet, while fighting in the trenches in France for his King and Empire.”,
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 70, 19 October 1916, Page 4
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220PERSONAL. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 70, 19 October 1916, Page 4
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