AUCKLAND NEWS.
[Per Pbbbß Association.] AUCKLAND, Mabch 19. . Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg has arrived from Rotorua, and made a call at Government House to-day, accompanied by Colonel F. Townshend, late of the Second Life Guards. The visitors are stopping at the Northern Club. The Mayor and Town Clerk paid a visit to the Prince at the Northern Club to-day. At a meeting of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, no reference was made to the private inquiry being held at the hospital by the House Committee, and which has been goiog on for the past fortnight. It is not known when the report will be submitted. Mr A. Haatwell, quartermaster of the Tasmania, has been presented with a handsome silver medal as a memento of the plucky way he rc£cued a girl named Hilda Stewart, who fell off the Tasmania on March 3. The medal was presented by the parents of the girl. The captain of the Orlando has written to the Chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board, forwarding information respecting the entry of men and boys into her Majesty's service on the Australasian station. Tney can be accepted by any officers in command, subject to the approval of the Comm mder-in-Chief.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5212, 20 March 1895, Page 4
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203AUCKLAND NEWS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5212, 20 March 1895, Page 4
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