VICTORY PARADE CONTINGENT
CAMP IN KENSINGTON GARDENS (N.Z.P.A. Special Correspondent.) (Rec. 8 a.m.) LONDON. April 25. The New Zealand contingent which will participate in the victory parade will go into camp in Kensington Gardens, London, on arrival. This camp is now being built by German prisoners of war for all those who will be in the parade. It will be completed by the middle of May. The camp will break up between June 15 and June 18. The length of the New Zealanders' stay in England is unknown here at present, but if they remain for any length of time after the parade a programme of entertainment will be pro-' vided by the N.Z.E.F. authorities, including free rail vouchers, private hospitality, and "sight-seeing tours. The New Zealand Fernleaf Club" will remain open until the end of June, and will provide a rendezvous.
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Evening Star, Issue 25776, 26 April 1946, Page 12
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142VICTORY PARADE CONTINGENT Evening Star, Issue 25776, 26 April 1946, Page 12
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