GOVERNOR HOBSON
ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO GRAVESIDE fßy Telegraph—Press Association! AUCKLAND, 10th September. The thirteenth annual pilgrim i-2 > f Auckland citizens was made to-day to the graveside of New Zealand’s first Governor. Captain William Hobson, who was laid to ~est in the Symonds Street Cemetery 95 years ago. Fitting homage was paid by a large gathering, including many school children, 25 of whom laid wreaths on the grave. An appropriate feature was the attendance of an escort of Royal Marines, a bugler sounding the “Last Post” during the ceremony.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 13 September 1937, Page 8
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88GOVERNOR HOBSON Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 13 September 1937, Page 8
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