CENOTAPH NOT SALUTED
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P ■ March-Past Omission Explained TOO CL0SE TO BASE
(By Telegraph-
WELLINGTON, Last Night. When the naval squadrons marched jthrough the city to-day they passed the iCenotaph without giving the customaty ;salute, causing some comment from the watching crowds. When questioned the jauthorities explained that the Cenotapl jwas too close to the Governor-General's S&luting base. It. would have been most inc,onvenient jto salute first the Cenotaph and then a jfew paees later the Governor-Generai. The short distance between the two points really prohibited this as muoh as 'it was deeirod to give. both ealutee.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 68, 7 April 1937, Page 13
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98CENOTAPH NOT SALUTED Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 68, 7 April 1937, Page 13
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