ANZAC DAY MARCH
NEW ZEALANDERS’ ABSENCE OFFICIAL EXPLANATION. SEPARATE MARCH TO-DAY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. In reference to the absence of New ZeaJ'anders from the Anzac Day march, Sir James Allen has received the following cable from the officer commanding the New Zealand forces in England;—“The War Office made arrangements for the Dominion troops to march on May 3, at which King George is to he present. The Australians approached us at the last moment, asking mo to join the Anzac march, but m view of the olficial march on May 3 I did not consider it advisable to have two marches, and my senior officers concurred.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XVII, Issue 5608, 3 May 1919, Page 3
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