INDIA'S LOYALTY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15891, 12 April 1915, Page 8

INDIA'S LOYALTY.

GIFTS TO THE EMPIRE. PRINCES POUR OUT WEALTH. (Received April 11. 7.80 p.m.) Delhi, April 10. Indian princes and noblemen continue to make generous gifts to the war funds. The Maharajah of Jeypore has contributed five lakhs of rupees (£33,000) towards the war expenses, the Rajah of Mashar £600 for medical appliances, the Rajah of Saitana a motor-ambulance, the Begum of Bhopal 250,000 rupees (£16,000) for comforts for the Indian troops, the Nawab of Malerkotta 40,000 rupees (£2600) towards the war expenses, and the chiefs of Barwani, Ali Raj pur, Jhabua, and Mahar six motor-ambulances. The Maharanal of Dungarpur has offered to contribute 1000 rupees (£66) monthly during the war for comforts for the troops. Many of the chiefs have given tents to'the hospitals. The Indian I Ambulance has sent £40,000 worth of gifts to the hospitals at the front. It possesses £10,000 in cash and £2000 worth of further gifts. It has endowed a ward and remitted £3000 to London for additional beds in a special hospital in France. Red Cross gifts include: One thousand sheepskins from Rain Kairgarh; a million cheroots from Trichinopoli tobacco firms; and a thousand copies of the Koran from the Begum of Beiogal, whose son has sent a motor-launch for the use of sick troops in the Persian Gulf.