THIS WAS ONCE a place that people were proud to call “home." The cheerful sounds of passing traffic and hurrying feet echoed through its market place, and the joyous laughter of its inhabitants could be heard as they passed the time of day on the street corners. Now it is a blackened ruin—one more testimony to the ruthlessness of the invader.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21157, 5 July 1940, Page 5
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61THIS WAS ONCE a place that people were proud to call “home." The cheerful sounds of passing traffic and hurrying feet echoed through its market place, and the joyous laughter of its inhabitants could be heard as they passed the time of day on the street corners. Now it is a blackened ruin—one more testimony to the ruthlessness of the invader. Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21157, 5 July 1940, Page 5
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