CHRISTCHURCH MARCH.
Per Press Association. ' CHRISTCHURCH. April 27. ■ With a heartiness unusual in a city noted ior its restraint. Christchurch to-day bade farewell to ihe officers and men of the Second Echelon who for the past three months have been in training at Burnham Camp. The weather was excellent lor the parade and 1(500 men marched through streets lined with cheering people to be drawn up on Cranmer Square. There speeches were given by the Mayor (Mr R. Macfarlane), the president of the R.S.A. (Mr’ Haynes). Hon. D. G. Sullivan, representing the Government, and the Officer Commanding the Military District (Colonel Rowllings), who later took the salute. There was a crowd estimated at 10.000. Five hundred returned soldiers lined both sides of Cashel Street.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 127, 29 April 1940, Page 6
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124CHRISTCHURCH MARCH. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 127, 29 April 1940, Page 6
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