PATRIOTIC PARADE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 137, 12 May 1941, Page 8

PATRIOTIC PARADE

YUGOSLAV GESTURE. (Press A sen.) AUCKLAND, May 10. Girls attired in the colourful costumes of Yugoslavia provided festive sceues In the main city streets to-day collecting for the Fighting Forces Fund as a patriotic gesture made by the Yugoslav community when they found they were unable to forward assistance to the people of their own. stricken sountry. A generous response was made by citizens, who thronged the streets in large numbers in anticipation of a parade of 12,000 members of the Home Defence services and Emergency Precautions organisation. The parade assembled" at the Domain and left at 2 o'clock, proceeding six abreast via Grafton Bridge, Karangahape Road, and Queen Street, past the Town Hall, where the GovernorGeneral (Sir Cyril Newall) took the salute. Included in the parade was a 28-ton tank and a number of Breri gun carriers and mechanised field guns. The parade was played from point to point by 17 stationary bands. A feature was the first public appearance in Auckland of the Scottish unit, in Black Watch kilts.

The Governor-General (Sir Cyril Newall) has sent the following telegram to the Minister of Finance (Hon. W. Nash): “Will you please convey to all concerned ray appreciation of the bearing of all who took part in the official parade bold in Auckland. In this time of crisis I am certain that such parades can but inspire and encourage all citizens of the Dominion to play their part to the full in the prosecution of the war to a victorious conclusion.”