ROLL OF HONOUR UNVEILED.
; t :BANCHOBA COUNTY. fj& unveiling of the roll of honour ffljSiS.who had gone to the war from > jrlUrigio*a County, took place yester- •''• Iffrfternoon, outside the County •■ : k jpaflVoffl* 6 - There was a krge -,,, ftjjering, mostly relatives of those who i ; \ ' ;.;> ijjajaemorial is of polished oak... At J u top of the board are the words ?\ ftpreat War," 1914-1918. Then "Vi; J]oft< .the. names <of those who had :?i fcfr?to; tfi® .-'front) grouped into their .•» sirAto districts 'in the following orvi JpScfflthbrook (80), Pernside (18), ■j j#(4B)i Woodend (36), Kaiapof (12), :Em*'Xty> Tuahiwi (23), Waikuku f Following these are the words iof Honour," and the names of idiers who made, the supreme nei'R. B. Arnott, L. W. Bell, '.lißlunden, BL B. Britain, B. le, D. Chinery, G. Cross, J. Our.■y»#'Poak, I>. D. J&ogget, H. Ellis. lipbners, R. Hawker, 6. Heney, H. mi,"A. Kingsbury, 0. K. Lander, fflmfo,: J. Lloyd, P. Luisetti W. , ififfiera, H.'C. Manning. Q. R. Milne, SifeMathews. J. Moody, N. Moko[ntosh, N. Mackay. A. A. . T. Pituma. W. Plasket, V. Reitoa, H. Robinson, IT. H. M. Seed, H. GibbftP. Stokes, P. Thirlwell, IT. Welshman, R. Wesley, tt, R. WhitaUi-P. WoodBung, and A. W. Poster, rrell, chairman of the inty Council, in performsiling ceremony, said he pe ,for holding the cere-, F the Council offices. It to have the 'board, fixed >f ;the meeting room, but b too small to aocommo-' » attendance; There were the board; including those .boys who also went/ from The board would be a generations' to come of >f wars, and of the great ». He was expressing the I, that it was the last me other means would be 9 differences that cropped s, M.P., said he was very present'at the unveiling nnl'board. The human very fickle, and it was could do to perpetuate the ps© who "So nobly fought iir lives for them. The ;U had prepared the meibute to their memory for ihing that they could do, Id compensate for the b. They should see. that fought were not left to Powell cored for. Burnett, president of the >f the Returned Soldiers' lid he felt it a great honsed* to take part in the ,on behalf of the members ition, he placed 1 a wreath the board in honour of tfmradei He Buggeßted te of the Board be printand Sept in the Council's ane, (Mayor of Rangiora) ry of the men would ever * • He paid a tribute to ,- and concluded by sugloinething should be done the work done by women r df the National, Anthem proceedings to a close.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17193, 9 July 1921, Page 15
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