TROOPS AT PALMERSTON NORTH
.HEAVIEST RAIN 'ROP, 31 ANY MONTHS. {United Pbess Association.) ! PALMERSTON: N., This Day... r' The heaviest rain, for many months | greeted the -troops .. who .. evacuated' Treritliam for, ; Rangiotu. The first, de-. tachment of Lord Liverpool's -Own rar:. rived at 4 o'clock this morning, /but ColEalton. ref used to allow thepi to disembark, and ordered them hack to ■ Longhtirn, where -they, obtained, a- meal and. later- came to • Palmerston. The Tain is. still- falling heavily. They have 'been offered the use of the- Racing Chibfs and. other buildings. There was a long -wait for several -hours at th&.railway station for official sanction from"Wellington, which had: unt recKiveid, ,ort< j.iioon..; They were then still "waiting at the,station. V 'V J ' Later . The two: hatches of. the Liverpool, Regiment, - totalling -1250. entrained, if or ■the racecourse at 1.30. The .third>!batch pf 500 arrived, at 1-45 .this . afternoon,; and will -be accommodated on the show, ground. !
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 10 July 1915, Page 2
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