DISTRICT NEWS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 17 November 1920, Page 7

DISTRICT NEWS

UPPER, MOUTERE

roll of honour unveiled

A special service was hold in the local Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening last, in connection with the unveiling ol the ('.hnvcli 1< i,) oi H.(innnr. . .■■ The Rev. W. Grundy preached an eloquent sermon on the text , Oron ei love hath no man than this. rh;u, a man lav down his life tor his friends. ’ .Inn. 16:13- The preacher referred to thy danger of forgetting the irne vaive ol the. sacrifice made 1 by onr brave .-c.ldiers, instancing ihe caiv.'e ;s wuy in which, nowadays auni rega*' '-ed those inestimable boons (1 tree (-perch m public and in press, ire vloi'ii ol uoiship, etc., bought- often at Ihe p 1 *ce of the blood of martyrs : or again, the matter of fact way _in winch the younger generation hi this countrv accept the'benefits secured to Hum by the indomitable vpluck and arduous toil of the pioneer settlers, I here was need to continually remind uinselves that th« blood of our biavest and best was on the lintels of nu\ hoots, and that through their -m.-nlico and the mercy of Cod we were now enjoyhio- peace and freedom, instead id he'inoTin a state of hpndage to a harsh military power, and with the wheels ot progress set back for ccnttuies. At the close of an impressive address Mr Grundy • called on Mr J. EWhite to unveil the memorial, which was in the form of a handsomely engraved and framed Roll of Honour, ° The rn -l contains the following inscription and names of members or adherents of the Church

ROLL OF HONOUR, Presbyterian Church, Upper Mcuter The Great V/er, 1914-1918. DIED. Rost, Sidney (Jnrdner, Erie Schwnss, Loo. P. Thompson, Clarence W. White, Charles T. RETURNED. Rest, Alexander Rcnsomann, Win. E. F. * Bowman, Cordon Bowman, Harold Drummond, Duncan Harvey, Jas. C. Thompson, Reginald F. White, Roht. McKenzie , White, Walter T,