GENERAL BIRDWOOD.
6— . VISIT TO THE SOUTH. General Sir William Birdwood went ■south yesterday morning. He is due back in Christchurch on the 19th inst., and will leave again on the 22nd inst. for the West Coast. General Birdwood was welcomed at Ashburton by the Mayor, Mr Galbraitli, Colonel Studholmo, and Major Orr, on the Main South road. He motored to the trotting meeting, and witnessed the Longbeach Handicap raco. Later ho attended a' civic reception in the town, and received an enthusiastic greeting from a large crowd. At the visitor's request, a whole holiday was granted to the school children to-day (Friday). After luncheon General Birdwood went south bv the second express.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19200611.2.35
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16858, 11 June 1920, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
113GENERAL BIRDWOOD. Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16858, 11 June 1920, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in