GREAT RECEPTION IN WANGANUI
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WANGANUI, July 25. Field Marshal Lord Montgomery arrived by car in Wanganui punctually
on schednle at 3.30 p.m. and aftcr a civic reception in Cook's Gardens left again for Palmerston North by car. All along the densely packed main street, Victorig Avenue, the Viscount 's appearance was the signal for cheering and Ihe moi;e exuberant meinbers- of •tlie crowd us'ed confetti - and streamers to'-good pnrpose. An arrival oh the ;entral . portion of Cook's Gardens Imrd Montgoniery avas- .greeted by a erow(| estimated •at.''IO,QlD0 assem'bled on thb' teM'acesV H.e rein'&rked in *! his speeck that life hau; ne^er'.'seeh s$ nmny people a'ssembled in one place. •/ Members of the Returned" Berviees Association were in a roped-off area on the ground and there were tliree cars conveying men undergoing ; treatment in hospital. Lord 'Montgomery walkcd ailong the lincs of ex-servicemen and women before leaving.
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Chronicle (Levin), 26 July 1947, Page 6
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