EMPIRE'S PATH

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22403, 27 April 1936, Page 14

EMPIRE'S PATH

SERVICE TO THE WORLD SPEECH BY LORD GALWAY STRUGGLES OF THE FUTURE [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday His Excellency the GovernorGeneral, Viscount Galway, delivered an address at the Anzac Day service at the Christchurch Boys' High School. The service is usually held at the memorial shrine in the school grounds, but owing to rain it was held in Canterbury College Hall. After reference to the unexampled gallantry and valour of the Australian and New Zealand troops at the landing on Gallipoli and on the other battlefields of the Great War, His Excellency said: " Remember that our path, the path of the peoples of tlio British Empire, is straight and undeviating beforo w. That is the path of truth and justice, and we must tread it with resolution and determination. "We are to-day determined that although war is unthinkable and although wo trust it will never come again, tho peoples of the British Empire will comport themselves in future struggles as they did in the j'ears from 1914 to 191 S. " We have to remember that other nations do not see eye to eye with us. Enmity, jealousy and hatred still existamong the nations of the world, and the millennium of peace has not arrived. We now remember the sacrifice of those' who died in tho war, because we believe that sacrifice was not made in vain. " In the years the character of the Empire was tried and not found wanting. Just as the British Empire did a great service to the world at that time, so we believe that in years to come the great ideals we then fought for will prove to be those to make th<> world happier. So do not forget those who gave even life itself so that others might live in freedom."

MR. SAVAGE'S MESSAGE TREATMENT OF THE LIVING MORE GENEROUS PROVISION "I have always felt it was riot enough to mourn the dead, but rather that Anzac Day should be made the occasion for asking: 'What of the living?' I feel that living heroes deserve better treatment than they have had, and I shall do my best to see that more generous provision is made for those who have fallen by the wayside as a result of their sacrifices in war." This was part of a message from the Prime Minister, Mr. Savage, read at the Anzac Day service at Otahuhu. The Mayor of Otahuhu, Mr. C. R. Petrie, said that beforo leaving Wellington he requested tho Prime Minister for a personal message for returned men and dependants of men who had suffered and died. "That message." said Mr. Petrie. "is sincere and is backed by a firm determination to ensure that the sacrifices of war shall be more fittingly recognised by the nation in the days that lie ahead." GALLIPOLI REUNION ANNUAL GATHERING OLD DAYS RECALLED The first annual reunion of tho Gallipoli Association in the Kitchener Hall on Friday evening was a reunion in the real sense. About 300 returned men, who had seen service on Gallipoli, attended, and the note throughout was one of sustained enthusiasm. Indeed, it was expressed by cheering when tho chairman, Mr. E. Hogan, called the roll. Tho procedure at that stage was that men stood when the name of the particular unit with which they had served was called. Especially generous was the cheering accorded the representatives of the 29th Division. A tribute was paid by the chairman to the devotion of tho late King George V. After the loyal toast to tho present King, the chairman recited a verse of Binyon's " To the Fallen," and called upon those present to stand in memory of " Fallen Comrades." As a buglo took up the notes of " The Last Post," lights went out, tho effect of the tribute in darkness being most impressive. That was the last toast honoured, the rest of tho evening being devoted to song, story and reminiscence. The band of the Institute for the Blind, under Lieutenant G. W. Bowes, performed excellent service. WIDESPREAD HOMAGE LORD GALWAY'S WREATH The Anzac Day service at the King Edward Barracks in Christchurch was attended by the Governor-General, Viscount Galway, and Viscountess Galway. On his way to the service Lord Galway placed a wreath on the Bridge of Remembrance, the principal memorial in tho city to soldiers who were killed in the Great War. Among the many wreaths placed on the war memorial at the Anzac Day service in Wellington was one from Countess Jellicoo in memory of her husband, Earl Jellicoe, a former GovernorGeneral of New Zealand, whose death occurred recently, and one from Sir lan Hamilton. The Prime Minister, the Hon. M. J. Savage, placed a wreath on the memorial on behalf of the Government.