TE KUITI'S HEROES.
MEMORIAL UNVEILED. (FBES3 ASSOCIATIOH TELEGE.ASS.) TE KUITI, January 30. The consummation of long anu patient effort was reached yesterday, when a war memorial, erected in New Zealand marble at a cost of £650 and bearing the' names of 80 Te Kuiti and district soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice in the late war, was unveiled by Sir Edward Chaytor in" the presence of a large gathering of residents. The ceremony was ■ preceded by a parade of returned soldiers under the command of Lieut.-Col. C. Dick, assisted by Captain T>. Kennedy, D.5.0., M.C. Ln the evening Sir Edward Chaytor was the guest of the returned soldiers at a smoke concert. At the conclusion of the entertainment, ' drag ropes, manned by those present, were attached to his car, which was triumphantly escorted to the railway station, where the General was acflcrded an enthusiastic farewell.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 17985, 31 January 1924, Page 11
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