CIVIC WELCOME TO SERVICEMEN
LARGE ATTENDANCE AT FUNCTION
More than 700 servicemen and women and about 200 officers and men from H.M.N.Z.S. Achilles attended » Civic welcome in Christchurch last evening. <wT e v° n ii nB A th J ose P re »ent, the May« Zm! E j H ' Andrews) said that New Zealand was proud of their achieve* n«mts overseas. Although few mem. sSni 1 lhe present crew of H.M.N.Z.j, es f a “. taken part in the histone battle of the River Plate, the men pn .°J. e cruiser had done good service and had lived up to the trahad been made, he said. Other speakers were Mr F. W. Freeohairman of the Heathcote County Council, and the president of a.. Christchurch Returned Services’ Association (Mr D. W. Russell). “f thß Christchurch g .u M ? n s c,ub Play'd m usic fnnetion, and ftems were perfOTmer? Vera) popular Christchurch
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24911, 26 June 1946, Page 6
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