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LANDING OF HOBSON CENTENNIAL EVENT (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, ithis d'ay. > On the score of expense, the proposed re-enactment of Captain Hobson’s landing as a centennial event, was abandoned by the metropolitan executive of the Auckland Provincial Centennial Council yesterday. A plea for Its retention by the naval and military sub-committee was re-jected,'-the Mayor, Sir Ernest Davis, stating it was with considerable reluctance that ithe recommendation for its abandonment had 'been made. Colonel Dawson said the navy would be very disappointed.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20024, 24 August 1939, Page 16
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