WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND. 1950-04-19. GROUP AT THE CEREMONY OF PRESENTATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG ...

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND. 1950-04-19. GROUP AT THE CEREMONY OF PRESENTATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG TO THE NEW ZEALAND RETURNED SERVICES' ASSOCIATION. LEFT TO RIGHT:- THE HONOURABLE T.I. MACDONALD, NEW ZEALAND MINISTER OF DEFENCE; THE RT. HONOURABLE S.G. HOLLAND, PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND; MR A. R. CUTLER VC. AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER IN NEW ZEALAND, WHO MADE THE PRESENTATION; MAJOR-GENERAL SIR HOWARD KIPPENBERGER KBE CB DSO, DOMINION PRESIDENT, NEW ZEALAND RETURNED SERVICES' ASSOCIATION. THE FLAG WAS A GIFT OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IN RETURN FOR A GESTURE OF MR P. FRASER, WHEN PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND IN 1948, IN PRESENTING NEW ZEALAND FLAGS TO AN AUSTRALIAN ANZAC DELEGATION WHICH WAS VISITING NEW ZEALAND IN THAT YEAR.