THE PATRIOTIC FUNDS.
- Napieb, August 26. - The action of the Napier Borough Council in voting £5 per month ■ for twelve months to Mrs McZenzie. mother of the late Private MeKenzie, who died from enteric.in Dunedin Hospital after his return from South Africa, showed what a wise step it was to retain the balance of the patriotic funds for local purposes; Over fiIOOQ-is-still in the hands ef the Council. Some'of the subscribers at one" time clamoured that this should be sent to England to swell the million odd pounds already in hand by the Home Committee but the occasional claims on the local authorities prove how necessary it was to consider the wants of our own people by keeping portion of the money in the colony.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7091, 27 August 1901, Page 2
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