TABLET DEDICATED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22621, 26 April 1948, Page 4

TABLET DEDICATED

PATUTAHI MEMORIAL

DISTRICT MEN WHO FELL Following a service in the Patutahi Hall yesterday afternoon, a large attendance from the surrounding districts assembled at the Patutahi, Ngatapa Waerenga-o-kuri and Waituhi memorial adjacent to the hall for the unveiling and dedication of a tablet on the memorial. The service in the hall was conducted by the Rev. H. Speight, and an inspiring address given by the Rev. K. I. Cameron. The text of the address was from the sixth verse of the 12th chapter of the Book of Exodus: ‘‘What mean ye by this service?” Anzac Day, he said, was still a holy day, a day of praise and thanksgiving, a day of remembrance and a day of dedication. Prior to the unveiling and dedication, Mr. Speight said it was right that a woman should be called upon to unveil the memorial tablet because the women of the district during the war years had endeavoured to do so much for those away at the front. Mrs. A. E. Stevens, wife of the chairman of the Patutahi Domain Board, and president of the Patutahi Women’s Institute, then unveiled the tablet. The names of the district men who fell in World War II were:—E. Andrews, M. Brennan, P. Cameron, J. McCutchan, Jas. McCutchan, A. Costain, S. Hyde, C. Lyons. B. McSweeney, R. Porter, M. Parker, H. Ritchie, G. Smith, A. Semmens, A. Simpson, and T. Tupara. PARADE IN HONG KONG (10 a.m.) HONG KONG, April 25. Hong Kong paid homage to the fallen of both world wars today at the largest Anzac Day ceremony ever held in the colony. The ceremony took place at the Cenotaph in the "presence of the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, service chiefs and representatives of sister Dominions and allied Powers and was watched by crowds of Chinese. Units from H.M.A.S. Quiberon, Royal Marines, Gurkhas and R.A.F. paraded. Wreaths were laid on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand Governments and returned services’ associations.