MAGNIFICENT RECEPTION
TO 'AUCKLAND'S RETURNED SOLDIERS. (By Telegraph—Press"Association.) Auckland, July 16. 'Auckland accorded tlio leturned soldiers a magnificent welconie. Long before the hospital train arrived Queon Street was packed with'a dense crowd, business premises being gaily decorated with bunting. The train arrived shortly before 3 o'clock, a guard of honour and band being in attendance at the station. ' As the men were passing up Queen Street in ambulances and motor-cars the crowds cheered them to the echo, flowers being showered on the soldiers as-they , passed. A brief civic reception was hold in the Town Hall for those well enough to attend.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2515, 17 July 1915, Page 6
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101MAGNIFICENT RECEPTION Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2515, 17 July 1915, Page 6
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