LIONEL TERRY
PETITION FOR HIS RELEASE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Friday. As fresh requests for copies of the petition for the release of Lionel Terry are still arriving, the promoter, Mr. J. L. Kelly, of Ashburton, has decided to extend the time for returning them until the end of the month instead of the 15th. Mr. Kelly states that the petition is being .very largely signed, more especially in the South Island. Three sheets have been returned from Dunedin with 400 names attached, and ten other sheets are in circulation there Most of the sheets are lying at newspaper offices all over the Dominion, and are signed without solicitation, but a few voluntary workers are canvassing. A Dunedin lady took the petition to a meeting of the Highland Society,' and out of 70 present 63 signed. She claims from this that 90 per cent, of the population is favorable to Terry's release.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 18, 15 July 1911, Page 2
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152LIONEL TERRY Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 18, 15 July 1911, Page 2
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