FROM ITALY.
MEDALS FOR DOMINION PEOPLE. (By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) Auckland, August 14. ' In connection with the great earthquake which took place, in Italy on December 28, 1908, Mr. C. Rhodes, the Consular Agent for Italy in Auckland, has just received a communication that the Government of his Majesty the King of Italy has decided to confer medals upon thoso who rendered conspicuous service in respect to the relief of the victims.of the said earthquake. Amongst the names thus honoured is that of Mr. Arthur Myers,- M.P., exMayor of Auckland. The bronze medal struck is awarded te Mr. Myers as a token of Italy's gratitude for the sympathy shown and the generous assistance rendered by the people of Auckland while he was Mayor, as well as for his personal services in initiating and organising a local fund towards the relief of tho ruined and suffering survivors of the catastrophe.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 895, 15 August 1910, Page 6
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