GALLERY GOSSIP.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1926, Page 6

GALLERY GOSSIP.

AUCKLAND PETITIONS. COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCES WANTED. (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day . A petition for a compassionate allowance was presented by Mr. Savage on behalf of Win. Jas. Elliott, of Ponsonby During 1921 and 1022 petitioner had an account in the Post Office Savings Bank, and ho alleged that his wife stole £230 from the account. Xo part of this sum had been recovered, and petitioner It;'" no hope of repayment, being withe-tr legal redress. Mrs. Myrtle Evelyn Peacock, of Kotorua, petitioned for a compassionate allowance on account of her late husband's services. She is the widow of the late Captain Henry Peacock, N.Z.S.C., who had served continuously in the New Zealand Forces since lss!\ and commanded the Ist Maori contingent of the N.Z.E.F from I!H4 to IMS. and was commandant of the Narrow Neck cauip from 1015 to 1010. Mr. F. llockly (Rotorua) presented the pet it ion. Long-deferred Application. -Thomas Mcßevnolds, of Trafalgar Street, Onehunaa." who served in 1803 W the campaign '.it Otahuhu, Drury, and the Tamaki' River, but failed to apply for the .Maori War Medal, petitioned through Mr. .lonian for the medal. "> order' that he migh< » aorl War pension