NEW BRIGHTON TERRITORIALS

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16711, 20 December 1919, Page 7

NEW BRIGHTON TERRITORIALS

ROLL OF HONOUR UNVEILED.

The final parade ior the currcnt year of No. 7"» ( ompauy .Senior t. adetc, «nd the local detachment ot J Companj. Territorials. Jst C .aiitTliuiy itoyiniont. was l;-,.'Id at -New Mn<tiiion on 'iUmsaHv evening. 1 here was a inustor ot under .Lieutenant A. J\ liopkui*. I >>ioiivi . looper Ueienco Coiuin:;ii<ler), who n;;u wiui luiH lu j i;Ut luiiii r Lii-uunanl ii:« paiaiie, aiier tviiKU U.e mu-r-soc-uoui co.u|u iUr:ns, iiK'iuilmjj jjiiyMc.il lia.Jiiu:;, .-juafi drill, and nus exentso, tk'Ui'U iniid ui the spurls yruund. Ooiouol av.artlol lu.sl to -No. .stvuon. Senior t.uuets, under Sergeant 1,. iaOiey, a.rl >e.-unu place to -><J- «' jfi Moii, under Corjioi:il Ji. \\ard. -Ho e\piCN»ed luaiMii as more than pleased wnii vti." general excellence and t-lio hue exhibition oi drill. . .

Ai iin-« rouciusii'ii of the competition, which u ii* wuii iiccl witii iuioruit 03 ft muiibcr <>' t-iu) residents, 1 lio companies wore marched back to tlio Drilishcd, Colonel <• oo'.;er taking the sitiu>c en route. J In" parado Having been again lormcd up, Colonel Cooper, at tliu request ft lieutenant Hopkins, unveueu iMf Roll oi-iiuiiotir, containing the names of the lads of the cxnm::uiy—numbering sonio <i'J —wlio had gone direct from the company to the front, and .'.■omo of whom had mado tlio supremo sacrilice. As won as the ltoll of jjonour was unveiied the buglers sounded tlio general saluto, whilo companies presented arms. Colonel Cooper during the course of n short address, congratulated the officers, non-com-missioned oflicers, and men, upon their splendid turn out, and the excellence of mo work done that evening. Ho expressed himself as being greatly pleased that the Cadets had thought fit to place on record the services of their comrades who volunteered and went on servico overseas. He concluded by saving that the lads should guard and earn for their Roll of Honour, even with their verv lives. It was a boautlful tiling, worthy of being placed in tmy buildiug of note in the Dominion. He \va.>=, lis said, indeed proud of tlio New Brighton boys, and lie considered it a very great honour indeed to be asked to unveil the memorial. The "Deputy-Mayor, Mr C. Israelson, Ors. \V. Bellamy and J. Bissett, also spoke. Mr Isrnelson said he understood that New Brighton could claim that it had sent more of her sons to the front than any other borough in Now Zealand on a population basis. Ho regretted the nbscnco of the Mayor (Sir F. Kihblewhite), who was confined to his bed by illness.