TREES AND MEMORIES
ARBOR DAY CELEBRATED AT POINT CHEVALIER \7ESTERDAY afternoon the first Union Jack hoisted in Samoa after the New Zealand occupation iin 1914 fluttered from a mast at the Point Chevalier School. It was an afternoon of memories. Trees were planted and were named after the battles in which several residens of Point Chevalier took part. Yesterday was Arbor Day, and at Point Chevalier the splendid custom wa.s observed of planting trees. The headmaster of the school, Mr. H. J. Wooller, said that the following residents of the district were those who took part in the battles after which the trees were to be named: Messrs. M. C. Hooper, S. G. Crookbain, T. Burgess, Dilly, E. Hunter, W. Lee and the Rev. W. E. Gillam. Altogether over 30 New Zealand trees were planted by the children and the members of the school committee. The Rev. W. E. Gillam gave a description of the landing at Gallipoli. Other addresses were given by Messrs. M J. Coyle and Crookbain. The Union Jack from Samoa, which was presented to the school by Mrs. Hogan, of Grey Lynn, was lowered to half-mast during the afternoon in memory of the fallen.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 150, 15 September 1927, Page 18
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