HOKITIKA NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 April 1924, Page 8

HOKITIKA NOTES

(From. Our •Correspondent.)

HOKITIKA, April 26.

The meeting of the Borough Council called for Thursday night lapsed, the Mayor (Mr Perry) and Cr King being all who put in an appearance. The effect of the railwaymen’s strike has not been, felt very much yet. With the opening of the schools next week the inconvenience will become manifest. Motor transport, of course, will relieve this to a great e :xtent. This was shown by the very large fleet of motors—all sizes and shapes and makes—that were parked at the Hokitika. Racecourse on Thursday. Anzac Day was fine again, and the Memorial services were attended by large crowds. The usual form of observance was carried out. The Returned Soldiers, Territorials and Cadets, headed by the Municipal Band, paraded the streets tb the churches, where appropriate services were held and addresses given. At All Saints’ an offertory was taken up in aid of St. Saviour’s orphanage, and about £7 was the result. On the conclusion of the church services the procession reformed and marched to the State School Memorial, where a salute was filled and the Last Post sounded. From there the procession vwent to Cass Square, where a large crowd had gathered near the Cenotaph. The order of ceremony here was a funeral march by the band, during the playing of which many wreaths were placed at the foot of the Cenotaph. The National Anthem was then played and sung, after which the Mayor addressed the assemblage. Then followed prayer. Mr T. W. Duff (County Chairman) gave a short address. The singing of the hymn “0 God our Help” followed. Mr Armstrong (Mayor of Akaroa) spoke a few words. The concluding address was given by the Hon. H. L. Michel, after which the salute • was fired- by the firing party, and the Last Post sounded by Bandsman L. Ross. ! The singing of the National Anthem terminated the ceremony here, and the parade then went tn the Clock Tower, the South African War Memorial, where another salute was fired and the Last Post sounded. ■This concluded the morning’s ceremonial. In the afternoon Returned Soldiers visited the Hokitika Cemetery to place wreaths on the graves of soldiers and nurses there.