EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY
DEATH OF MR SAVAGE TRIBUTE PAID TO WORK P.A. AUCKLAND, Mar. 28. More than 1000 persons gathered at the tomb of Mr Savage at Bastion Point this afternoon to pay tribute to the work of the first Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand on the eighth anniversary of his death. The official ceremony consisted of the laying of wreaths m the mausoleum op behalf of the Government, which was represented by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Parry, and by representatives of Labour and other organisations. Crowds gathered long before 2.15 p.m., when the ceremony began, and many remained long afterwards.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26731, 29 March 1948, Page 4
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103EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY Otago Daily Times, Issue 26731, 29 March 1948, Page 4
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