Veterans’ Guard.
The Auckland group of the Veterans’ Guard, officially class 2 of the National Military Reserve, took form and substance at the drill hall tonight, when fully 800 ex-officers and men, who had served in the Great War. gathered at their first parade, and were allotted to formations for anti-aircraft and coast defence.
Naming of Buffalo Grass.
An interesting version of how buffalo grass got its name was given by an Australian visitor during question time after a lecture to the Auckland Botanical Society. The name, he said, was given because the grass first reached Australia in the ballast of the ship Buffalo. It was pointed out that the grass which grows under that name in Australia and New Zealand is not the buffalo grass of the United States.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 July 1939, Page 6
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130Veterans’ Guard. Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 July 1939, Page 6
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