IMPROMPTU PROCESSION
TE KUITI CELEBRATION In the absence of arrangements by the Te Kuiti Borough Council to celebrate peace yesterday, the first vehicle in an impromptu procession arranged by a group of citizens was a hearse bearing a black casket with the inscription, “A tribute to the Te Kuiti Borough Council. At rest.” Wreaths of ragwort and gorse adorned the coffin, and tin-cans rattled along the road behind the hearse. The hearse proceeded down Roro Street to the borough chambers, where a grave was opened in a lawn opposite. A large crowd attended the “funeral ceremony,” conducted by a returned soldier as a pseudo cleric. In his address by the graveside the speaker made reference to the passing of the local body, which had suffered an acute attack of morbid “patrioticus.” After the ceremony the people indulged in patriotic songs, and men, women and children danced in the streets.
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Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 22689, 17 August 1945, Page 2
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