OBJECTS TO ANZAC DAY
MAYOR OF ONEHUNGA “OPENS OLD WAR WOUNDS” The Mayor of Onehunga. Mr. W. C. Coldicutt, is of the opinion that the annual reopening of oid war wounds on Anzac Day is not the correct thing. THE REV. D. D. SCOTT wrote to the town clerk suggesting that the Mayor should call a meeting of the clergymen of Onehunga to make arrangements for the usual religious service on Anzac Day.
When the letter was read at the meeting of the council last evening,
the Mayor said, “I am not in favour of these services being kept up. It is not the correct thing. They only serve to bring back the miseries which happened on that day. If I had lost any of my near relatives I would not like to have the bitter memories revived every year.” Cr. Moor: If everybody thought like that, nobody would attend the services. That is not the idea of Anzac Day at all. It was agreed to make the usual arrangements for Anzac Day services.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 326, 11 April 1928, Page 1
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174OBJECTS TO ANZAC DAY Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 326, 11 April 1928, Page 1
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