KITCHENER MEMORIAL
REQUEST FOR CONTRIBUTIONS. (United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, July 31. The following telegram has been received by the Governor from the Lord Mayor of London : "At the request of Her Majesty, Queen Alexandra, I have opened a Mansion House fund for the pur-pose of raising a, memorial to the memory of Lord Kitchener. In view of his great services to the Empire, I venture to ask whether you would assist an appeal throughout the Dominion on .behalf of the fund, the object of which is to benefit disabled officers and >nren of the Navy and Army, including disabled' Dominion sailors and soldiers in this country."
All contributions should be sent to the Under-Secretary, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 1 August 1916, Page 2
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119KITCHENER MEMORIAL Nelson Evening Mail, 1 August 1916, Page 2
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