NAVAL MEN MEET

Evening Post, Issue 29, 3 August 1936, Page 16

NAVAL MEN MEET

NIGHT OF SONp rANIJ^TOhY

.; ■. Somelipriy! is^mbers'bf ihei Welline- ; ton;iJrancte^f :the ; ; jEjoBoyal;; NavSl Men s^Association ,ol New • -Zealand fAlnc.)i^xchanged reminiscences in an . atnjra^here.Jhat .radiated iriehdliness ; ; and good feeling at a very pleasant r|n^e> concert c ;held } ;inrthe Returned ; Soldiers Association rooms oh■'•■Saiiu> dayTiight.^Mr.^^ H.rC; AUisoh presided J-ii-- Ini* r<>BPsing- the toast "The Associai*on> rtLieufc-Commander W. Earnshaw,;R.N: (retired), patron uf the: association,' outlined the growth ,of ex.navaZ men;s associations in,' New ZeaJandi j^and .suggested; various;improvevbe : "undertaken : by ■ t ■ : toe-.-associatio.n:'x- .y:-'7;v:;;,,, l!^'<.,/- vv.i ,r : ! «ianked..,tti.e,: association's patron; Mr. ' *a™shaw, .and. the. secretary, Mr.., W. J. t-pndon, for yeoman service oh Hhe .committee/.;/.Speaking; of, the • growth ; or-the-Wellington branch of vUie assor he said;that when it'was first lormed two ■years.agpithad a membership, pi five, ; but; this number had since ..-.grown c to,«ixty.;r■=,;..;>; -■^;^.x...^,;./..-.;v; V '.Other -toasts honoured 'during* Hh'e eveningrwere;:''Absent: Friends," .proposed by.JK-EarnshawiJThe Visitors," P£oppsed;by;Mr.- W.>l 7vGondon, and "The Artists;": proposed by Mr. K. Ains- :■ lie; i-; ;V .;;:;!v--.v-.-..v-;i.,-;-; ■::.-•■:'-/>;,-:-'■•x;. v \i> x 5 v■' Mr. Gii-.A; : Wilson ;Qrant,'Jn opening ; the lighter side .of the .proceedings, recounted several ■ 'anecdotes.. Items, were contributed .by; Messrs; G.; ..Tynan,.: Ken; Rigby, " Ross. Williams,' Morgan Davies, D.' Page,; Hl-;-SBarpeV 'and.R. G. Stewart,;and*by -Messrs.;E.- . Stokes,; R.: ■ Simpson, and F. Ormrdd,' . members' of the Revellers' Danee 1 Band: Mr.- S. Griggs, was accompanist : > .The oldest ex-blue jacket present was '-. Able' Seaman':A. Atkinson;-who a joined - the; Caledonia' iiifScotlaiid in"lB95;W ';