THE CIVIC WELCOME
SOMETHING closely akin to a feeling of disgust must have been experienced by those who noted the poor attendance at the civic reception accorded the men of the 2nd furlough draft, last Saturday. Truly enough the event was somewhat stale owing to the two week's which had elapsed since the excitement of the first home coming, and again it has to be freely admitted that the disastrous effect of the floods on the Rangitaiki Plains had a strong bearing upon the public interest which was shown. On the other hand however when we realise that of Whakatane's 2400 residents, only a bare 70 or 80 found time to asemble in the Winter Show Hall in order to honour the men to whom we owe so much, there can be no denying the fact that'the town has every reason to be roundly ashamed of itself. Such complete indifference and ignorance of the fitness of things that really count, severely offset our war effort, our vaunted patriotism and makes our Anzac pledges seem hollow and hypocritic.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 55, 10 March 1944, Page 4
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177THE CIVIC WELCOME Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 55, 10 March 1944, Page 4
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