VISIT OF IMPERIAL TROOPS.
(PBB PRESS ASSOCIATION.) "Wellington, January 23. The Mayor received a communication from Mr Ward, stating that the Imperial troops loave Melbourne by the Britannio on the 29th for the Bluff. They embark at Lyttelton on the evening of tbe sth for Wellington, and remain here till tbe morning of the Bth, when they leave for Napier. Mr Ward asks that arrangements be made to billet the thousand men ashore for two nights, and accommodation for fifty officers ot the leading hotels. The Mayor has informed the Hon. J. O. Ward that, while he would assist in the efforts which would undoubtedly be made to give the Imperial troops a warm welcome, he caonofc call upon the citizens to pay for any part of the entertainment of the troops, who have been invited here by the Government, and are the latter's guests.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VX, Issue 7109, 24 January 1901, Page 3
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145VISIT OF IMPERIAL TROOPS. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VX, Issue 7109, 24 January 1901, Page 3
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