LOWER HUTT SERVICES

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 97, 26 April 1932, Page 11

LOWER HUTT SERVICES

Services were held at the various Lower llutt schools prior to the general service at' the Town Hall.

The Hutt Central School service was presided over by the headmaster, Mr. Miller, who read the names of fallen old boys and took the salute in the march past the Honours board.,

The address was given by Captain J. W. Andrews, and prayer was offered by the Eev. E. T. "Wearne, and the "Last Post" sounded by Lieut. E. T. MeKain.' ;

The Eastern Hutt gathering was conducted by the headmaster, Mr. H. W. Benson, the speakers being the Bey. Jas. McCaw and Captain J. W. Andrews.

The Boulcott School pupils were addressed by the headmaster, Mr. J. Burke, the "Last Post" being sounded by Bugler E. Bobertson.

The headmaster of the Waiwhetu School, Mr. 0. Browning, presided at his by Captain L. Andrew, V.C., who spoke on loyalty, discipline, and sacrifice. Tho 'general service was held in the King George Theatre, every seat being occupied. The Mayor, Mr. W. T. Slrnnd, presided. Captain J. Ingro (Salvation Army), and the Beys. B. T. Wearne, H. A. : Sharp, J. ,E. Lopdell, and the Yen. Archdeacon A- Hansell took part. ■'..... The address was given by the Eev. X JE. Lopdoll. The churches, he. said, were.solidly behind the League of Nations Union and extolled the. work of the League of Nations, -without which there would have been a Sino-Japanese war. '.'..-.• . ' ;'. , Somo of the gains of the war were a world horror of war, a strong growth of the heroism of peace, and a. great building up of machinery which made for peace, such as the League of Nations and the disarmament conferences. During the service Mrs. M. Tunley sang "There is No Death"," and at the close Lieut. E. T. McKain sounded the "Last Post" and "Eeveille."

After the service a procession led by the Hutt Band and composed of members of the E.S.A., Hutt Valley High School Cadets, Scouts, Girl Guides, and Cubs, marched to the Cenotaph on. the Recreation Ground, where wreaths were laid.

The service at the Stokes Valley School was conducted by the Eev. G. F. Neligan, who gave an address on the sacrifice made by the dead and compared this with the supreme sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross. He stressed the importance of applying spiritual aid to the solution of present-day problems. Two returned soldiers, Messrs. J. Payne and B, B. Wakelin, also spoke. Many wreaths were placed at the foot of the flagpole by the children and others, and those were later taken to the Wellington Cenotaph.

The Rev. P. Houghton conducted the service at the Brooklyn School, and others taking part were the Revs. Goring, Heal, and Hercus, Lieutenants Taylor and Wyetfc (Salvation Army); Mr. G. Sadd, chairman of the School Committee, -and Mr. Lake (headmaster). The address was on the theme, "I will remember," and the service concluded with the children standing and repeating the words. Later a wreath was laid on the war memorial on Sugarloaf Hill, and another was taken td1 the Cenotaph.