WAR MEMORIAL GATES

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21460, 30 April 1935, Page 6

WAR MEMORIAL GATES

OFFICIAL OPENING AT TEMUKA ROLL OF HONOUR UNVEILED The ollieial opening of the Milford War Memorial Gates and the unveiling of the Roll of Honour took place on Sunday afternoon in the presence of nearly 500 people. Returned soldiers from all over the district, together with members of the Legion of Frontiersmen, paraded with the Temuka Municipal and Pipe Bands. The gathering included Mr T. D. Burnett, M.P., Mr K. McKenzie (chairman of the Gcraldine County Council), and the Mayor of Temuka (Mr A. W. Buzan). The service which preceded the opening was opened with a prayer offered by the Rev. J. N. Reid. after which a hymn was sung, and the Rev. A. C. K. Harper led the gathering in prayer The Scripture reading was taken by the Rev. C. A. Kennedy, this being followed by the singing of a hymn. On behalf oi ? (he Memorial Committeee, Mr R. A. Lvell welcomed the gathering and said that Milford had been one of the last districts in South Canterbury to erect a memorial. One of the causes for this was that the people had deferred action to assist in the erection of the district memorial in the Temuka Domain. Now the people of Milford were taking the opnortunity to honour those who had answered (he call to arms. Those who had left the district were among the first in New Zealand to answer the call, and although many returned, there were a number who did not, and the memorial was to perpetuate thenmemory.

The Rev. J. Milburn Stewart., of Timaru. was the principal speaker. The gates had been erected to the memory, not only of those who hud laid down their live;-:, but also tn all who had served. Mr Burnett then addressed the gathering and Messrs Bu/.an -and MeKonzie each unveiled the memorial tablets, reading the following inscription: —"To the memory of the men of the Milford district who died in the Great War. 1914-1918." E. Aldred, W. D. Aspinail. S. H. Ashwcll. W. 11. Gason, J. Greelish, T. Horgan, YV. T. Huxford. A. Mills. G. Woodhead. A. Talke, A. Morgan, W. S. Morgan. Wreaths wei'e then laid by the presidents of the Clandehoye-Milford and Tomuka Returned Soldiers' Associations, Messrs G. H. Mulligan and J. King, and relatives of the fallen. "Last Post" and "Reveille" wore then sounded. The former soldiers and frontiersmen formed a guard of honour inside the gates, through which ail passed into the hall grounds, and then the parade, headed by the i'ipc Band, led the way to the school grounds, where the school 7'oll of honour, containing the names of 12 former pupils, who served in the war, was oiiicially unveiled by Mr Burnett, after which the Rev. J. N. Reid pronounced the Benediction.