MOTHER COUNTRY.
I HONORING A DEAD VETERAN. NEW ZEALANDERS SHOW THEIR PATRIOTISM. Received Feb. 7, 7.35 p.m. London, Feb. 6. Wounded New Zealanders at Walton intervened at the funeral of a veteran soldier, who died at Chertsey workhouse and was receiving a pauper's burial. The soldier fought in the Zulu war and the Egyptian campaign. The New Zealanders met the cofßn, threw a Union Jack over it, formed a bearer party, and proceeded to the cemetery, where an Anzac bugler sounded the "Last Post" at the graveside.—Aus.-NJZ. Cable Assoc. UNITY OF LIBERAL PARTY. Received London, Feb. 6. A joint conference of Coalition and Liberal members of Parliament appointed to promote the unity of the Liberal party has been held and an early reunion of the two wings has been held. —Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1919, Page 5
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