The Waipa Post. Published on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1923. YESTERDAY’S CEREMONY.

Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1399, 31 May 1923, Page 4

The Waipa Post. Published on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1923. Y ESTE R D AY’S CER EMO NY.

THOUGH ii is now four and a half years since the armistice was signed, and the Great War oflicially ended, many of the communities in various parts of the Dominion--and doubtless in other parts of the Empire also — have not yet erected memorials to those brave men who gave, their lives (hat we might live in eomparaGve peace and freedom. Te'Aw.ti n.Mi yesterday performed its obeisance not as |a. last tribute, bn' an ornate though inanimate object that will certainly lie 'a iastin,g reminder of ihe tragedy and | curse of war. U E>:reßenr> Vi--j count lolMcoe. :: KB wv -cut.j ative in Yew ZorUund. b\ viri nr* of ms j office of Governor G- ’mu' and Comi mander-in-Chief. .• <it.'* especially to Te Awnniilu to auv. I! the memorial, it is, we believe, some yearn since tin’s town was ofliriiUl v •’i i;■ ■ i by a Gov-ernor-Genera!, and im liraliv much interest was evinced it: the presence here yesterday e r Visccunt .leiiieoe. more especially as he was accompanied by Lady Jellicoe and their eldest daughter, the Hon. Luce Jeiiieoe. Their Excellencies have endeared themselves to tite people of New Zealand in a munner and with a thoroughness eqp.c.'hd jby few of tiieir predecessors. There •is ever present that spirit of eamal raderie that so quickly wins hearts. ; r rhe absence of apparent snobbishness. | and their versatility and love of real | sport, have endeared them and won i them a place in the hearts of Yew Zeaj landers that will live long after other

vice-regal representatives are t’orgot-