SOLDIERS WELCOMED

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 126, 28 May 1920, Page 3

SOLDIERS WELCOMED

A welcome home was tendered to returned soldiers by the Roseneath and Oriental Bay Municipal Association last evening, Mr. H. JR. Van Borssum, chairman of the school committee, presiding. The audience stood at attention as a mark of respect to the fallen. ■

Mr. H. W. Morrison (president of the Roseneath and Oriental Bay Municipal Association) mentioned that several Army nurses were present, and he also welcomed them back. He spoke of their fine york at the front, and said that the New Zealand soldiers had not only gained for themselves a reputation as soldiers while overseas, but also one for their splendid conduct, which had been unsurpassed. Mr. R. Darroch (the headmaster of Roseneath School), on behalf of the pupils and teachers of the school, welcomed "the boys" home. He said that a school lived on its traditions, and the New Zealand soldiers while away at the front had made traditions. He expressed the hope that the phrase " Nothing is too good for the. soldiers," used so freely when the troops left New Zealand, would be materialised, and that now they had returned the soldiers would find that this was so.

Dr. A. K. Newman, M.P., described what the country was doing for the soldiers.

Mr. Deavoll returned thanks on behalf of the guests, and the audience sang "For They are Jolly Good Fellows."

During the evening songs were contributed by Misses M. Grant, D. F. Pritchard,- C. Dibley, M. Newman, and Mr. S. Nelson. Mr. W. E. G. Paqualin gave a monologue, and Mr. J. F. Creed a recitation. Mrs. A. H. Finch presided at the piano. Supper was served by the ladies, and the evening concluded with dancing. !