ANNIVERSARY OF WAKEFIELD’S DEATH
(P.A.) ‘ AUCKLAND, May 17. “We are here to honour one of New Zealand’s great men,” said the Hon. W. Nash, when representatives of the Government, the Historical Committee, the Early Settlers’ Association and the City Council yesterday attended a ceremony at the grave of Edward Gibbon Wakefield in the Bolton street cemetery to place a wreath provided from the endowment made by Lord Bledisloe to provide floral adornment of the grave on the anniversary of Wakefield’s death.
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Southland Times, Issue 24438, 19 May 1941, Page 2
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