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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 174, 25 July 1941, Page 8

For each of the "soldiers' mothers" i theio was a burst of applause, and for the Bren-gun carrier, the section j of troop.-"—armed for ihc first time 'on paiado with Tommy-sun:-—the 'section of Maoris and the section of !is!iu'il Scottics —and again for the ye h;)'.>], scout, sea scout, and boys' biigadc, the crowd had appreciative i cheers. : Then Came the Rain J Queen Street, Karangahape Road, ! ami the other streets along which ' the procession moved all had thoir ■■ tremendous crowds, and they had a ! plentiful show to attract the eyes and—the cash. To illustrate how ! long the procession was in passing. ' it can bo pointed out that as the last ! tioat \va:; turning up Wellesley Street I West the start of the parade was j turning back into Queen Street again I from Uurangahapc Road. j It was stretching the full length of Queen Street on the return jouri ney when tho rain came pelting down. And did it pelt! With the , footpaths packed until there was i hardly standing room, the procession J had a free run down the street, and I the pace quickened. But those tak- ; part did not "give up the ghost." < With rain drenching their light I frocks the girls stood out on the I trucks and gave it a song, while others (fortunately equipped with covering tarpaulins) stuck their head and boxes out to collect the still J coming pennies. And, like their countrymen in Greece and Crete, the Maoris gave a haka!