ELTHAM

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 11 August 1914, Page 5

ELTHAM

EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

(From Or.* Own Co-respondent.* The meeting convened h- the Mayor to form a citizens' committee and to arrange for tho sending ay.ay of those .willing to iro-lo the fiosit"ww very • largely attended. The Ma-or (Mr T B. Crump) occupied The chair and tne meeting opened with the s ngjm; d tne National Anthem. • I The Mayor said that the occasion | was one on which they felt thoy had ,to do their sh<are in upholding i& & • prestige of the Brit-uh Empire.* TffeV had before them the spectacle of a world war. He would not muke an* reterence to the cause of the wj.r, bu* he thought the position was such as to warrant them in forming a citizens' committee to make suet arran-?;. nenta as mi::ht be thought necessary ' * .r tho despatch of volunteers and to "r^^niee ineir services. H e referred '• "the master of certain of the nub!-c being dissatisfied with the inforuiatfo = supplied from the seat of war, but h« said that this was probably due to rV- censorship of the press news. Th- r duty in the matter was to assist the, so who were going to the front. T l.- lon Mr Allen had assured them th.'t ihere would be no difficulty in the .natter ot finance, and he endorsed thnt viewbut they had the privilege of mowing their loyalty by doiiisr something The Rev. G. W. Dent mov<vf and Mr Buckendne seconded—"Tl-at a mass meeting be held in front of tho Town Hall on Saturday aftci-no- :. at 3 o doc-k, and that subsr-riMtion? be taken np." This was earned. The Town Band will play selections, and tne shops will close for an hour. Patriotic speeches and sonss will be part of the programme. A general committee of the following was set v?: The Mayor, Borough roimnl. Town Clerk, officers of the Territorials, council of the Chr, nber of Commerce, chairman and directors of the Dairy Company. County Council and Clerk, Messrs G. W' T; yler J. C Hobbs 4 H. F. Haden, TV " D' «fl»s, G. Cooper. E. ParroU, L B Gnmstone Hon. W. Cnrncrosr and U A. Wilkinson, M.P. At this stage of the proceedings the draft of infantry who are leav; for the front arrived in charge of < . am Uarke. and were addresser! X the Alavor. who wished them Go. oed and hoped they would vnhold the honor of their country. The Notional Anthem was sun^. and "fhev are lolly L -x)d fellows." and Cs.ptain replied on behalf of the mon The men are: Ser^anL T Narbv >ere««nt L. Pennin-ton. Corporal W. Riggs, Riflemen B. Hastedt. E. Wlvin, '• ? ro «r- I' Zins]i> F- R- Swindlei Hirst. V, . Falconer. L. MrC-;T-k?n *. Shertt. F. E?piner. and E. Thou■narne. Mr Criir^toie suggested that a ;ul>s!?nption list be started in the neetrnfr. which was doric, aud the ium of £70 was collected. Mr W. J. Tristram was elected ;e,rptnrv to the committee, a-ul Mr ■xvimstone treasurer. Mr Wilkinson said he had msb been o a nieetmc of the Eltham Club, who lad presented the sum of £10. It was decided to advertise the denonstration in tho Eltham and Ka-ve-n pn tiers. The"Mayor moved—"That this meetiuc extends its sympathy and support o the Prime Minister and hk Governnnnt in the crisis with which tvev low have to deal." The motion v.as arned unanimously.