MARCH THROUGH CITY

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23002, 23 April 1940, Page 10

MARCH THROUGH CITY

UNITS OF SECOND ECHELON CEREMONY IN CRANMER SQUARE All units of the 2nd Echelon, 2nc New Zealand Expeditionary Force, a Burnham Military Camp will marcl through Christchurch to take part hj a ceremony at Cranmer square or Saturday next. Officer in commaw of the parade will be Lieutenant Colonel A. S. Falconer. D.5.0., M.C The troops will arrive by train anc motor transport, trains reachmj Christchurch at 9.13 a.m. and 9.28 am The motor transport column will debu in Moorhouse avenue at 9.20 a.m. The order of march is as follows:Burnham Camp Band, Railway Group New Zealand Engineers, 23rd (Canter bury-Otago) Battalion, Reinforcemen Companies (Infantry), Band of th Ist Canterbury Regiment, New Zea land Army Service Corps (2nd Eche lon Detachment), and sth Field Am bulance. The starting point will b the junction of Moorhouse avenue anc Manchester street at 9.50 a.m., and th route along Manchester, High, CasheJ and Montreal streets, to Cranme: square, thence march past in columi of route and proceed via Armagl street, Colombo street. Cathedra square, and Manchester street to a hal on the north side of Moorhousi avenue. As a mark of respect officers wiJ salute when passing across the Bridgi of Remembrance (troops will ahead; be marching at attention). Bands am drums will observe silence from J point 50 yards east to 50 yards wes of the bridge. On arrival of the Office Commanding the district on the plat form at Cranmer square, he will b received with a general salute playei by the Burnham Band. On conclusioi of the ceremony ai Cranmer square the troops will march past in columi of route from north to south, the Offi cer Commanding taking the salute fror a platform on the west side of th square. Lining the route will be th Regimental Band —C.Y.C.—and Na tional Reserve Class II from the Bridg of Remembrance eastwards. They wij then follow immediately after the tai of the column to Cranmer square. i part of the ground between the plat form and Kilmore street will be re served for next of kin of the 2nd Eche lon personnel. Massed bands will play “God De fend New Zealand,” and the Mayo (Mr R. M. Macfarlane, M.P.) an ' othe speakers will address the troops. Th. Officer Commanding will address th troops, and massed bands will pla; “God Save the King,” followed b; “Auld Lang Syne.” The 2nd New Zea land Expeditionary Force units wil march past in column of route in th. original order of march. The C.Y.C Band will move forward to a positioi opposite the saluting base and will pla; the troops past. The National Reservi will move off or dismiss independently In the event of wet weather, the ad dresses wil] be given in King Edwar< Barracks. All ranks on leave desiring to at tend the Trentham y. Burnham Rugb; match in the afternoon will assembl at the Christchurch railway station a 2 p.m. and march to Lancaster Pari via Moorhouse avenue, and round th< enclosure. The Burnham Camp Bam will meet the parade at the tramwa; sheds and will play the troops to Lan caster Park and once round thi ground. of the people of the province was re quired. Mr F. W. J. Belton, of the Canter bury Manufacturers’ Association, spoke of principles at stake. He claimec that for 2000 years 'Britain had beer the bulwark of freedom in the world Children. in Germany to-day were trained from the age of three in tha bestiality which was the creed of the Nazis and which denied freedom ever to their own people. He quoted in stances of German treatment of Jewi which he said were absolutely authentic. There was one Jewish woman It Wellington to-day who had been made to scrub pavements in Vienna with £ toothbrush. We had been told that the value o: our assets in New Zealand wa: £72,000,000. What did it matter if w< lost every cent of it if we kept thi rest—our freedom. Mr A. E. Kincaid read a summar; of means of achieving the purpose o the meeting.

Types of Propaganda Mr J. Roy Smith, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, read on behalf of the president (Mr W. S. MacGibbon) extracts from an address by Lord Halifax, at Oxford University, in which he dealt with the approach of youth to war problems. Mr Smith supported a suggestion that gramophone records and printed copies of such speeches as this should be freely employed. It should be seen that other types of propaganda were not the only types available. Not only the emotional side of the recruiting effort must be dealt with, but the mental appeal should be made also, and all arguments dealt with rationally. “But the -hing that really makes men enlist is marching troops,” Mr Smith said. “I believe marching feet are the greatest recruiting agent there has ever been or will be, and we must concentrate on that.” Mr H. G. Livingstone said that the recruiting situation in New Zealand was thoroughly unsatisfactory. The whole complex of the people towards the war had got to be changed and the manpower, the youth, the men, and the women put on an ordered basis. It should not be necessary to get men marching up and down spending their valuable time persuading some skulking irresponsibles to come off the footpath and get into the ranks. It was a damned disgraice. Mr Livingstone put a motion to the meeting, with Mr A. Hollander as seconder. The resolution was carried amid applause. It read: “The persons here present not, being members of the Christchurch Recruiting Committee, constitute themselves a war effort committee to assist recruiting and stimulate the war effort, directed to the early victory of the British Commonwealth and her Allies.” Mr R. A. Cuthbert, in a short address, said that the approach should be made to the individual. “Bestial Nation” Mr J. K. Moloney, president of the Canterbury Rugby Union asked: “Are we to stand aside when acts of the greatest brutality in the history of the world are taking place? The Germans are the most savage and bestial nation the world has ever seen. It is to be regretted that Hannibal turned back before wiping out the German peoples. Germany at the moment is mad with a desire for world power.” Mr J. L. Hay summarised steps which he considered should be taken. They were: (1) Employers should let their men know they were sincere in their assurance that jobs would be there again when they came back: (2) more frequent visits to Burnham should be arranged; (3) support for the territorials should be stimulated: (4) response to patriotic collections should be more generous; (5) a generally better atmosphere should be created for rS Mr Hay claimed that it would be the duty of the committee to exercise its will and translate the words spoken that night into action. . , The meeting closed with the. appointment of Mr G. E. H. Garden as secretary pro tem. -