HAWERA’S JUBILEE
FESTIVAL I : .HOGHAMME CU.M-MUX GET). H AWERA, February 24. Hawera's festival programme, celebrating the jubilee of the proclnmnilon ol the borough mi .hi iiiie rv 2ml, 1881?, was commenced this afternoon, when the Mayor (Mr K. A. Racev! gave an address paying trihute to tin- pi,mens in rnunieipa I administration, and then opened a lour days' earnivai. A monster street procession was followed by Maoris purirayiiig tin* arrival in TiOranaki -of pit* ancient Aoten canoe. Vehicles depicted the evolution of transport, from the Indloek drav to aeroplane.;. European costumes 50 years t.eo, 'Contrast?:! with modern fashions, wore among other features of til? lory pr',eos-' ; on. which took half an hour to pass a. given p.im. It is estimated that, over 10,000 -i tutors thronged t!ic route to ihe Showgrounds. where a gymkhana was held. !u prepa ra I ion lor the night aitrartioiis for l!i? remainder of the week over 5005 Coloured lights tiave been used to (i.'stoou the buddings in tlm central part of the town, o\e t u!,,, h illuminated aeroplanes are to tiv.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1932, Page 2
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178HAWERA’S JUBILEE Hokitika Guardian, 26 February 1932, Page 2
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