EVENING IN PAEROA
SERVICEMEN ENTERTAINED
MAORIS ORGANISE FUNCTION
An impromptu evening in honour of a number of men from the Maoi’i Battalion who were spending the night in Paeroa was held at the Paiohauraki Meeting House on Tuesday evening. Other members of the N.Z.E.F. recently returned; from the Middle East were also present.
, The evening was spent in dancing to music supplied by Mr C. Vickerstaff while community singing was also much enjoyed.
Action songs by local Maori girls and by members recently returned from overseas were interspersed, between dances and were much appreciated.
A warm welcome to the guests of honour was extended by Messrs P. Koroneho, A. Royal and S. Tukukino. Capt. W. AnUru replied on behalf of the Maori servicemen and; a visiting officer and Mr Vickerstaff expressed the thanks of the Pakeha visitors for the enjoyable evening.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HPGAZ19441108.2.9
Bibliographic details
Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32501, 8 November 1944, Page 4
Word Count
141EVENING IN PAEROA Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32501, 8 November 1944, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hauraki Plains Gazette. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in