Valuable Flag
At the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 every man from the West Coast who went with the Main Body had his .signature woven into a large j Union Jack which adorns the Mayoral table at civic ..functions at I Greymouth, such as Anzae services. | On this occasion, the same form of j remembrance is toeing adopted. The i signatures of the men i'arewelled | have been obtained for the purpose j and those of other West Coasters j who have gone to Burnham Camp also will be secured. In the Great • War the flag was “auctioned” repeatedly to augment patriotic funds, and | on the last occasion ‘“fetched” £IOO i bid on behalf of the Licensed Viet- j ualler.s’ Association by the then prrsi- 1 dent, Mr. Fitzgerald, after which the j flag was donated for ail time to the ! Borough Council
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20070, 17 October 1939, Page 11
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144Valuable Flag Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20070, 17 October 1939, Page 11
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