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LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [ BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Friday.

Thk Minister for Defence has, after full consideration decided to confer the New Zealand Cross on Lieut.-Colonel Thomas McDonnell of the New Zealand Militia. Colonel McDonnells gallant conduct during the Maori War on the West Coast lives in the recollection of all old settlers in the colony, und some of the earlier instances in which he distinguished himself were borne testimony to by Generals Chute and Cameron, undor whom the colonial forces commanded by Colonel McDonnell were serving. The petition against the election of Epuni Licensing Committee had been withdrawn.

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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2134, 13 March 1886, Page 2

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LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Friday. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2134, 13 March 1886, Page 2

LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Friday. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2134, 13 March 1886, Page 2