LEGION OF FRONTIERSMEN
ANNUAL CONFERENCE. WELLINGTON, June 26. The annual conference of the Legion of Frontiersmen was held yesterday. The commandant (Colonel Vickridge), in his report, said that no fewer than 100 new members were admitted during the year. He also spoke of having had an interview with the GovernorGeneral (Lord Bledisloe), who was taking a personal interest in legion. The formation of a unit in the south, he said, had been discussed, and ho hoped that‘before long they would have the legion well established there. Captain D’Esterre had asked him to accept his resignation from the position of commissioner, and had asked him to nominate Colonel Weston in his place. The work of Captain D’Esterre would, live long after him, as one of the founders of the legion in New Zealand, and for the great service he had rendered since. The annual report and balance sheet were adopted. A church parade was held to-day at St. Paul’s Pro-cathedral, where Canon James preached the sermon.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4085, 28 June 1932, Page 30
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