CARE OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT. [BY TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] . •-. Wellington, Monday. In the miscellaneous section of the Estimates of the Department of Internal Affairs, reviewed by the House of Representatives on Friday night, there was an item of £533 for renovation of soldiers' graves in the Auckland district. • The sum mentioned was granted to the Auckland Victoria League in January last. Following,: are details snowing. how the money ■ was expended: Symonds-streeb Cemetery (renovation of graves), £100; memorial on plot unmarked (80 men there), £50 Ruapekapeka (memorial site unmarked), £30; Tuamarina (renovation of graves), £3 .'. Ohaeawai (repairs), £10; Waimate North, Auckland (renovation of graves),, £10; renovation of graves at Drury, '£20; ' Opotiki, £10 Opunake, £15; Waihi, £5; Pokeno, £20 Ngaruawahia, £30; Paterangi, £10; Te Kiri, £30; Te Awamutu, £50; Tangiri, £50; Whatawhata.- £20; Waikaiakc, £10; Devonport, £10; Opepe, £30; St. Stephen's Cemetery, £10; Tauranga, £10; total, £533.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15094, 10 September 1912, Page 7
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149CARE OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15094, 10 September 1912, Page 7
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