SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL.
A HANDSOME GIFT. ("By Telegraph.—Own CorrespondeEt) MAiSTKRTON", this day. Mesers. R. .1. Cameron and D. JCameron, o i Ma.=tenon, have offered to pay unconditionally the coft of an area of lii acres of the. old ehowgronnds at Masterton, £25<HJ. a» a memorial to the late Lieut. Norman Cameron, -on of Mr. I). .1. Cameron. The offer »a- made to the Soldiers' Memorial Committee, and hue accepted l»y that hody. I.ieut. < ameron was killed on (iallipoli in May. 1915. in hot fhltittnjj with the Turk>. in which several well-known Wairarapa soldiers l»-t Uieir lives. LieutCameron was a memtier oi the Star Football (kn., and wa- a U'aira.-apa represontative footballer. Tin- grounds are to t>e used a- sports ground, and funds are now beinj: cullerted to equip them. It »s expected that further handsome donations will l>e received in order to make the "roundr. an ideaJ sports park and a fitun;.' memorial to Wairarapa tootiiaHer*-. <-n> keter.-, and athletes who have jrivpn their lives ;or tiie Empire.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 12, 14 January 1919, Page 7
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167SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL. Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 12, 14 January 1919, Page 7
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