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WARSHIPS’ MOVEMENTS. By Telegraph. —Pre<»« Association Wellington, April 2. H.M.S. Chafliam and H.M.S. Philomel are scheduled to leave Wellington for Auckland this afternoon. While in tfye north the Chatham will carry out gunnery practice. Subsequently she will proceed to t'he Bluff, and will work her way back up the coast to Auckland. THE CLAIM FOR £190.000. Auckland, April 2. The summons of Sir George Cnfford and other shareholders for an order declaring that V. H. Reed, H. Bl Williams, and George Winstone, junr., formerly directors of the Dominion Portland Cement Co., should contribute £190,000 to the company’s assets for alleged misfeasance and breaches of trust, which was heard by Mr. Justice Sim in the Supreme Court, was dismissed with costs. HELP FOR CHINA. Wellington, April 2. The Hon. Downie Stewart announces that the Government forwards without cost contributions for the relief of the Chinese famine. The chairman of the British Famine Relief Committee at Pekin has sent a further appeal to Lord Jellicoe, emphasising the need for assistance to supplement the Chinese Government’s efforts. A British organisation has been established to buy grain. Fluids are badly required. It is estimated that £1 will save one life. The Minister says that to date £1137 lias been remitted.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 April 1921, Page 8
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