TOWNS AND TROPHIES.
Among the minor amusements of peace has been 1211 collection of the vari. ous c'olnments made by English towns wllieh have received, or been t.h.l'eatened with, a trophy of war. Gellera.lly /cll‘e gift of :1 captured gun has been ack11e\v1ed'ged .:I.~'. old iron. Solllotillle.s it is scl'zlp-11-on. In one catse the gift was colllpzll'ed fo :1 111:11‘ine 0011101‘ ’S store. 901110 to\\'ll councils have been “insulted” by the gift bestowed, while others have looked upon Hl3O trophies as :1. perpeiuatioll of evil memories t.hza.’c were better forgotten. Only two towns have been thzlllkflll for what they have received. Folkstone was ‘delighted with 1101' G-otha, and Willcllc-svter overwhelmed by the pl'ofl’er of a Gel'lllall tank.
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Taihape Daily Times, 11 June 1919, Page 3
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117TOWNS AND TROPHIES. Taihape Daily Times, 11 June 1919, Page 3
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