GIFTS TO WAR FUNDS.
INDIAN GENEROSITY
PRINCcS GIVE LARGE SUMS.
(Received April 13, 8.30 p.m.)
Simla, April 12.
Native princes and others continue to contribute largely to the war and hospital funds. The gifts inc.'.ide: Bettish Rao, a lakh of rupees (about £67,000); Maharajah Durbhanga, half a lakh of rupees.
Maharajahs Panna and Latae have offered to establish a convalescent hospital. Others have given an armoured aeroplane, a fully equipped laboratory and motor ambulances.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16204, 14 April 1916, Page 5
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74GIFTS TO WAR FUNDS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16204, 14 April 1916, Page 5
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