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Mataura Ensign, 26 September 1913, Page 5

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ULSTER'S RESISTANCE. THE INDEMNITY FUND. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT PES UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received September 26, 11.30 a.m. BELFAST, Sept. 25. . In regard to the Ulster Council's scheme to raise a £1,000,000 guarantee fund to indemnify the volunteers and their relatives in case of injury or death, the subscriptions total nearly £250,000. The Marquis of Londonderry (ex-Viceroy of Ireland) and Mr Liddell ta Belfast manufacturer) gave £IO,OOO apiece and: Mr Henry Musgrave £17,000. Sir Samuel McCaughey (the richest pastoralist in Now South Wales) cabled to the treasurer to ask him for any sum that was required. SIR E. CARSON !LL. Received September 26, 11.30 a.m. LONDON, Sept. 25. Sir E. Carson, M.P. (the anti-Home Rule leader) is on the verge of collapse. The doctors have ordered him to go to bed.