BERESFORD STREET CHURCH.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 50, 28 February 1916, Page 6

BERESFORD STREET CHURCH.

■ ■ 7 UNVEILING ROLL OF HONOUR. 7 ■ The ceremony of unveiling the roil of honour of the young men who have> gone-to the front from Beresford 7 fetreet Congregational Church was performed last night by the Rev. F. War- . ncr, m the presea.ee of a large'gathering. The No, i Troop of Ponsonby 1: Boy Scouts was in attendance under. - Scoutmaster Pierce. As the occasion' 7 was also the anniversary of the church i^ th f harvest Festival, the interior of the building was decorated ihstefully With hanging baskets of flowers; and", ' as the place has recently been thor- y 7 ouglily renovated, the general effectwas very good. The roll of honour £f§ inscribed on a mahogany shield, in gold - lettering,. S Q far there are eighteen' 7 names the roll, but several others 7 are. yet to be added of men already in ;- : camp. One of the number on the roll of honour, John Brown, gave his 7 his. country at Gallipoli; Anothername is that of Nurse Ruth Smith,-who' is.on duty at the front. The "shield';'il was draped with a large Union Jack,' SSg a§ it _ W as unveiled the Scpnts stood ' at jttenfapn, while "the call was given.,fry two trumpeters. The fict Winen- 11 tioned that already no less than 30 01d7.1 of the No. 1 troop of Pon***y Boy g»uts had gone to the front- , msmption on the mi of honour ; was 'Tfcatee et decorum pro patria-7 wSt *?<l the servke Wi ss Lam* Sfe "S? 3"*W"5 M y God P> Thee," wli*?>* 01r contributed k"All Thy ' Wjwks Praise Thee," from the "Song of- '7 Thantagmnff." ;P.:< ■■-■'!-s:■ i • :7^77;