DOMINION DEFENCE
"EFFICIENT SAMPLE"
DISPLAY AT PALMERSTON X
'P A.) PALMERSTON N.. this day
A display of military power and aviation thrills the like of which had not been seen here before, was witnessed yesterday afternoon in support of the Liberty Loan. The Prime Minister, Mr. Fraser. described it as just a sample, but an efficient one, of the Dominion's resources. The people of Wellington, he added, had seen nothing like it. He wished thev could. Throughout the day military units of all kinds exhibited their arms and equipment, ranging from heavy tanks to rifles, and erected a pontoon bridge in the lake in the centre of the city. Later armv and air force units paraded, taking an hour to pass a given point, where General Puttick took the salute
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 20 May 1942, Page 8
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130DOMINION DEFENCE Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 20 May 1942, Page 8
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