In response to an appeal for funds for the Kavitane Hospital the Piako County Council decided to reply that each town was collecting for its own branch. A "blight" was discovered on 10,000 cloth poppies bought by the American Legion Auxiliary at Cedar Kapids, lowa. The poppies were bought to sell on Poppy Day, but when they were examined it was discovered that they were " made in Germany." It was decided that the only way they could be purged was by making a public bonfire of them. An indignation meeting of the Auxiliary followed the discovery, and there was unanimity amongst the members that flowers made in Germany could not be sold to honour soldiers who fell on Flanders fields.
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Matamata Record, Volume VI, Issue 475, 27 September 1923, Page 2
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