SOLDIERS FAREWELLED
HAWKE'S BAY MEN FOR THE ' "EIGHTH." By Telesraph.—Press Association. Napier, 'August 22. The Havke's Bay members of tho Eighth Reinforcements, who leave for camp on: Tuesday morning, wo publicly farewelled at an open-air demonstration on Saturday afternoon. The men were addressed at the Recreation Ground by. the Mayor, after having marched through tho town' in a procession in which seven bands took part. An afternoon's sports followed. In the evening another largo crowd attended llie presentation of kits: About 2000 people attended a valedictory service in tho Theatre this afternoon. The collection at the sen-ice and the gate takings at the sports are for tho Wounded Soldiers' Fund.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2547, 23 August 1915, Page 7
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110SOLDIERS FAREWELLED Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2547, 23 August 1915, Page 7
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