A MILITARY CAMP
ENTHUSIASTIC GREETING HAMILTON, ThFs Day Just before reaching Ngaruawahia, the tram halted for a few minutes opposite the site of the Territorial Csmp where some hundreds of the Waikato and South Auckland Regiment were undergoing an annual course of trainil lg' AU lined UP aud -the Duke took the Royal salute. The .Duchess also stepped off the car and waved to the assembled troops. All the officers doubled up to the saluting base, wheVe they were presented to the Duke, who spoke a few words to each, noting specially those who were wearing war decorations. Cheers were given for Their Koyal Highnesses, and when the train moved off the men, with one accord' pressed forward to the fence bordering the railway line and cheered and waved to, the Royal car till it' disappeared. wihen Ngaruawahia was reached the station was thronged, Maoris predominating, and their welcoming cries could be heard even above the noise of the moving train. A similar scene, minus the Maoris, was enacted at Frankton Junction. . . • .
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1927, Page 10
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172A MILITARY CAMP Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1927, Page 10
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