ROLLS OF HONOUR
DECEASED NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS WARNING TO RELATIVES. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, September 21. A warmup to relatives of deceased New Zealand soldiers to be cautious in sending money to unofficial overseas organisations for the purchase of so-called rolls of honour was issued to-day by the Minister of Internal Affairs (Mr J. A. Young). , . He said that he had been advised through the Imperial War Graves Commission that numerous _ complaints were being received concerning organisations in France which sent through the post copies of a roll of honour or “ golden emblem ” to relatives of soldiers buried in British war cemeteries or commemorated on memorials to the missing, and the recipients were invited to send half a crown. The recipients were under no obligation to put themselves to any trouble or expense in the matter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22065, 22 September 1933, Page 9
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