CORONATION PARTY

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 12, 29 January 1937, Page 6

CORONATION PARTY

H)nly One Hastings Applicant So Far - EIGHT-FIVE IN NAPIER - ■ * Only one application form bas been reeeived lfoni returned soldiers in Hastings for inclusion in tlie New Zealand contingent to visit England for the Coronation) although 85 applications have been reeeived in Napier. The total number of returned soldiers who will make up the contingent is 10, exclusive of those serving in the te-rri-fcorial forees or the New Zealand Permanent Staff, &o. that if the response ui other towns is airytliing like that'in Napier the task of seleetion will be far fram easy. Mi V. A. Thomson, secretary vi the Hastings Returned Soldiers' Association, told the "Herald-Tribur.e, ' this afternoon that he considered Hawke's liay would be very lucky if it got cne representative for the -whole province, considering thut there were to be only LO for the whole Doimnion. There was still time for further applications to be made, however, as they did not elose until Febr-iary 16, and three other forms had been taken beside the oue returned. There was ro reason to believe, however, .hat c-very-one who took • lorm woiild make an application. The Hastings hraneh is nolding a mecting ou February 12 to cons.der Lhe appJications reeeived. Appti^a'.ious will afterwards be forwarded to Dominion headquarters, wheie a prelr.uiinary seleetion ivill be made i-y bailot. aeeording to districts. The fjnal ehr.jee will be made by the Alinister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones. Applieations are being accepted irom all returned soldiers irrespec-tive of the forees with which they stT^ed jt is no' necessary for applieauts to he tnon liers oi the assoeiation. A])p|i°ai.ts must be prepared to go into camp bj February 26. Of the remainmg 40 to be ^elcted by tbe Government, 15 will be ex-ser-vieemen iiow serving under the Defence D u..rt-. -nt and ten will be outstanding types of veterans ehosen fioin the names sent in by the New Zealand , Returned Soldiers' Assoeiation.