SCENE AT AUCKLAND.
Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, April 27. Large crowds oi citizens at the Domain and lining streets gave a rousing reception to 2600 troops from the Second Echelon mobilisation camps at Papakura and Ngaruawahia, and also to 150 members of the Loyal Naval Volunteer Eeserve who participated in the parade. The soldiers marched in tiircc detachments to the Domain, where they were addressed by Colonel \\ eir, O.C. Northern Military Command, the Mayor (Sir Ernest Davis), and the Attorney-General (Mon. M. G. E. Mason). Three hundred returned soldiers paraded in front of the main stand.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 127, 29 April 1940, Page 6
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96SCENE AT AUCKLAND. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 127, 29 April 1940, Page 6
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