AMERICAN MARINE BAND
ENTHUSIASM IN WANGANUI (P.A.) WANGANUI. Sept. 14. The United States Marine Corps visited Wanganui over the week-end and the opportunity to welcome representatives of the American forces was taken advantage of to the fullest extent. both officially and privately. Twelve hundred persons were present at a dance in a wool store on Saturday night and there was a large crowd in Cook’s Gardens to hear a performance by the band on Sunday afternoon. For the Sunday night concert hundreds were turned away.
The Americans created- a fine impression with their easy friendliness and were given an enthusiastic farewell on the railway station to-day. As a result of their visit over £3OO was raised for patriotic funds.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25021, 15 September 1942, Page 4
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119AMERICAN MARINE BAND Otago Daily Times, Issue 25021, 15 September 1942, Page 4
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