CAPTAIN COATES, M.P.
PLEASURE AT HIS DISTINCTION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) ' . WELLINGTON, August 21. ' Captain J. Gordon Coatcs, the. member xn Kaipara, is mentioned in the latest list of decorations for acta of gallantry in the field. He has had the distinction of winning' the Military Cross, and keep pleasure ■was, expressed among hie friends sx parliamentary circles to-day that ho has liad the honour bestowed upon him. , A Press Association message odds that in the House of Representatives last evening, Mr Massev etated that, on seeing, the fact announced in the press, he cabled congratulations to Captain Coatos, M.P., on his .being awarded the Military Cross.' He hop->d this would not be the only honour won by memoers of Parliament at the front
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17089, 22 August 1917, Page 6
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124CAPTAIN COATES, M.P. Otago Daily Times, Issue 17089, 22 August 1917, Page 6
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