UNITED NATIONS FLAG DAY
IT is rather unfortunate that the Borough Council could not see its way clear to do more than a little flag waving in answer to the Prime Minister's appeal for the observance of the united nations day on Saturday next. Granted the notice was extremely short, and that proper observance along the lines suggested by Mr Fraser,, military parades, etc., would be impossible, but to limit its action merely to the flying of a flag from the stunted Borough mast and a request to business premises to do the same, is to do little more than is customary on the usual Saint's day. Why a little more enthusiasm was not kindled, in view of the passage of the greatest conflict of all time and the Empirewide appeal, is hard to guess. At least one speaker mentioned the children and the possibilities of a parade and an address. Such gesture would take little or no organising but, no, it was far easier to do nothing while the rest of the Dominion resounded to parades and martial displays.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 63, 10 June 1942, Page 4
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180UNITED NATIONS FLAG DAY Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 63, 10 June 1942, Page 4
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