VETERAN LUNCH IN WELLINGTON.
In reply to a latt'.r fr m b : s Worship the Mayor, the Premier writes as follows :
We'licg'o3rd June, 1901
Dear Sik.—ln reply to your letter of 'ho 10th ultimo, suggt sting that the volunteer veterans of Taranaki shaald be included for the veteran-.' lunch at Wellington in connection with the Royal visit, I may remark that the numbers cf the in vital i->ns for this function w. re fixed a"; 150 by His Excellency the Governor, who has also determined tha qualifications < f those receiving invitations. Of c:u se you will easily sea that if tb'< invitations were made gMur.il, tho I knits of aueemmoktion at the hall at which th« lutcheon is to re hell waul I bo greit'y jexceedid, ar d much di-siti faction wi uid be ouiacd. I have, however, referred y. ur luiterto Captain Alexander, Private S cretary fc i His Excellency, who has charge o f tho invita'i >n list in roune :ti-tn with this fuoc fo;>, Yours faithfully,
R. J. SEODON, E. Dockrill, Esq,, New Plymouth,
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 118, 8 June 1901, Page 2
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177VETERAN LUNCH IN WELLINGTON. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 118, 8 June 1901, Page 2
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