NEW ZEALAND WOUNDED SOLDIERS' FUND
A benefit concert will be held tonight in the Conoert Chamber of the Town Hall. Th« proceeds arc to bo devoted to a fund for the benefit of incapacitated returned troopers and their dependents or the dependents of troopers killed while in. action. Tho Wellington Amateur Choral Club is to be assisted by other loading artists, and some of Miss Beore's clever little pupils will give an exhibition of artistic dancing 1 . Mr. Kevin Dillon, West Coast gold medal elocutionist, will also assist. To-day's cable news emphasises the worthiness of the object of the promoters of tho concert.
A midnight party in certain toa-rooms at Newtown was suddenly interrupted in the early hours of Saturday morning by the appearance of Police-Sergeant Murphy, and Constables Joss, Hedgeman, and Moriarty. The premises had been suspected for some time, and upon making the unexpected visit the police discovered 14 men. who were not given a chance to escape. Before lon^ a list of the names was secured, besides some liquor. It is probable that Court proceedings will follow. In the opinion of the meeting of householders at Brooklyn last night, the present system of medical examination in schools is unsatisfactory, and it wasi decided to urge that the authorities should be approached with the object of improving matters. Private advice received from Hastings to-day states that Ashley Reed, tho Trentham light-weight jockey, who was taken to the local hospital suffering from concussion of the brain during Saturday's racing, passed a good night, and his condition is improving. The installation of Mr. C. C. Crump as Mayor of Onslow for a second term will take place at noon to-niorrow. Government officers who are purchasing horses for military purposes will attend at different centres in this district as advertised. The Rugby Union announces the i*su© of season ticket* for the Athletic Park. Particulars appear ia out advertising columni.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 104, 4 May 1915, Page 8
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