Lady Jellicoe gave birth to a son and heir at Holwell House, Hatfield, on April 4. The family previously comprised four girls, the last born in 1913. It will be recalled that Sir Douglas Haig's son was born on March 15, his family previously being two daughters. One of the sufferers by the big bush fire at Kaetihi was a very heavy loser. It is estimated (says the Taihape Times) that it will cost him £ISOO to re-sow the land. He lost 2200 sheep, 17 head of cattle, . three horses, and his sheds, shearing machines, 5000 feet of timber for building a woolshed, and about £ISOO worth of milling bush. He is now paying men 25s per day and -found for seed-sowing His losses will bo from £4OOO to £SOOO. When he applied for relief, it is said, he was told that he was quite able to pay for what he required.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3353, 19 June 1918, Page 30
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