ANZAC DAY.
Sir, —I would like to say a few words about Anzac Day. My husband saw four years' war service and is suffering as the result. He has only been of sanatorium a few months, after being in 12 months, and he does not like to be made a fuss of. As he has never been privileged to bo at an Anzac service at the Cenotaph in Auckland, he thought it would be easy to stand and see it through. About half-past eleven he began to feel tired and as there were two rows of chairs mostly vacant and a number of children in the back row, I persuaded him to ask the policeman if he could sit down. The policeman said he was sorry, but the chairs were reserved for elderly womrv-i and widows. Why did not they claim them 1 My husband had his colours on, bin the policeman was doing his duty. Why not place a few chairs for returned soldieii! and their wives who find the standing too strenuous ? A Digger's Wtfe.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20244, 2 May 1929, Page 16
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