KING GEORGE MEMORIAL
Flag Day To-morrow Will Close Appeal The Hastings appeal on account of the King George V. Memorial Fund eloses to-morrow, and tlie occasion will be observed by the sale of miniature TJnion Jneka. From 'early in the morning, flags will be on sale at 1/- each (oi inore if purchasers so wish), and at 11 a.m. a short functiou will be held ©pposite the clock tower, conducted by the Mayor,' Mr. G. A. Maddison, ' borongh councillors, and representative tilizens aro cordially invited to attcnd. Tho eercniony is an adoption of the practice that is observcd by the reiguing sovereign on Armistiee Bay, when his Mnjesty plants a siuall woorlen i*ross on n piot outside. Westminster Abbey in lionour of thoso who gave tlujir lives in tbo- dci'cuce of the ErnT'ire, and his oxajiiple is folloived !\v thousands of others To-morrow, eitizena aie invited to plant their fiag (each has u sniall standard attached) iu tho grass plot m front of the clock tower.. Short addresses will be given by the Mayor, Mr. E. L. Culien, and the Eev. C. B. Boggis, president of the Hastings Minisiers' Association, and the occasion will be supported by members of tho Highland Pipe Band. There are 2000 ilags to be disposed of, and it is expected that an eafiy cleurance will be effeeted "by the coutingent of enthusxastic young ladieswho are so kindly assigting in this final effort for the establishment of a inentrrial to the late beloved "King Georue the (iQod." ,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 115, 1 June 1937, Page 8
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251KING GEORGE MEMORIAL Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 115, 1 June 1937, Page 8
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