IN THE SUBURBS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23021, 26 April 1938, Page 13

IN THE SUBURBS

MANY GATHERINGS LARGE NUMBERS ATTEND WREATHS ON MEMORIALS Largely-attended Anzac Day services and parades were held in the suburbs yesterday under the auspices of returned soldiers' clubs and local bodies. Representatives of various organisations also placed wreaths on the graves in the soldiers' plots at tjie Waikumete Cemetery and on suburban war memorials. One of the largest services took place at Onehunga, where the ceremony was hold in the Strand Theatre, owing to the unfavourable weather. There was an attendance of over 1500, and an address was given by the Rev. .T. Ij. Grocott. After the service returned soldiers, with boy scouts, members of the Onehunga Fire Brigade and schoolchildren, marched to .Tellicoe Park, where wreaths were placed at th« base of the memorial arch.

The North Shore The Mayor of Takapuna, Mr. .T. Guiniven, presided over an attendance of about 400 in the Gaiety Theatre. Takapuna, where an address was given by the Rev. C. E. Perkins. Assisting at the service were Canon F. W. Young, the Rev. D. M. Cattanach and Mr. J. S. Wilcox, president of the Takapuna Returned Soldiers' Club. Under the auspices of the Victoria League, a service was held in the afternoon at O'Neill's Point Cemetery. The Mayor of Dcvonport, Mr. H. F. W. Mckle, presided and the address was given by Mr. H. G. Curran.

One of the largest gatherings of recent years assembled at the Marine Square, Devonport, where an address was given by the Rev. B. R. Brierly. A commemoration service held in St. Paul's Presbvterian Church on Sunday morning was addressed by the Rev. A. 31. Elilfe. Representatives of the Devonport Returned Soldiers' Club, the St, John Ambulance, boy scouts and girl guides took part. ,

Parade of Yachtsmen

A parade took place from the Northcote Returned Soldiers' Association hall to the war memorial, where wreaths were laid on behalf of various organisations. Taking part in the ceremony were the Mayor of Northcote, Mr. R. Martin, and the Rev. H. L. R. Isherwood. Services also took place at Point Chevalier, Otahuhu and Papakura.

A parade of yachtsmen was held in the evening at the Church of the Epiphany, where a memorial service was conducted by the Rev. Jasper C'alder, Anglican city missioner. The address was given by the Rev. C. J. Bush King to a congregation which filled the church. The service of the Waiheke Returned Soldiers' Club was held in the Ostend School grounds in the afternoon. The Rev. I. A. Pollard officiated, and Captain H. C. McGowan led tjie parade, in which the Waiheke St. John Ambulance cadets participated. Over £8 was collected for the Poppy Day appeal. There was a good attendance at the commemorative service held by the Glen Eden Town Board, acting in co-opera-tion with the Western Suburbs branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association, at the soldiers' memorial at Waikunieto Cemetery yesterday afternoon. Mr. A. J. Houtley, chairman of the Glen Eden Town Board, presided. Following hymns and a short service, numerous wreaths were laid on the memorial. The speakers were the Revs.

R. J. Liddell, W. P. Rankin and W H. Stych. Wreaths were laid on the soldiers' graves b.y the Victoria League and other organisations, while the graves of ex-naval men were attended to by representatives of the Navy League. The customary parade to the War Memorial was held at Otahuhu. Ihe procession was headed by the Auckland Mounted Rifles Band and included returned soldiers and members of local bodies and school children. A territorial unit fired three volleys and a brief address was given by the Mayor, Mr. C. R. Pctrie, M.P. A service in the Papatoetoe Town Hall was largely attended. An address was given by the Very Rev. 1. H. Roseveare. A procession was held to the Memorial Gates in a heavy squall. The Act of Remembrance and the laying of wreaths were carried out. The parade to the Papaknra Soldiers' Memorial included about 200 territorials from the Composite Battalion camped on the Railway Reserve, over 100 returned soldiers, under Commander D. A. liingley, a large contingent of the Legion of Frontiersmen under Captain Parsons, the Papaknra Machine-gun Section and the band of the First Auckland Battalian under Lieutenant Bowes. The speaker was Colonel H. E. Barrowclongh. The chairman of the lown Board, Mr. H. E. McEntee, presided, and associated with him were the Bev. C. H. Lowden, Presbyterian minister, and Major Thompson, of the local Salvation Army Corps.

SERVICES IN PROVINCE INCREASED ATTENDANCES t APPROPRIATE ADDRESSES Ceremonies in commemoration of Anzac Day were held in various parts of the Auckland Province yesterday. Hamilton. —A service was held in Memorial Park, Hamilton, in the presence of a large gathering. The Waikato Regimental and Hamilton Municipal Bands and the South Auckland Caledonian Society's pipe band led a long procession of returned soldiers, territorials, school cadet 3, Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. The Mayor, Mr. J. R. Fow, presided at the ceremony in front of the Cenotaph. The principal speaker was the Rev. G. E. Brown, of Hamilton East. Prayers were offered by the Rev. S. J. Atkins, of Frankton, ai'tcr which the "Last Post" and "Reveille" were sounded, and numerous wreaths were placed on the Cenotaph.

Pukekohe. —A united commemoration was held in the Strand Theatre, Pukekohe. but the building proved inadequate to seat all those attending. The number of returned soldiers parading was noticeably fewer than on previous occasions, but with territorials, cadets and members of lodges, led by the Municipal Band, the parade was a large one.

The Mayor. Mr. C. K. Lawrie, presided. and" resident ministers of religion took leading parts. An address on "Service, the Master Key," was given by I\lr. A. B. Fordyce, of the Franklin Returned Soldiers' Association, and Adjutant A. Kermode, of the Salvation Army, also spoke. The laying of wreaths at the memorial gates at the Soldiers' Park followed the service.

Wltangarei.—A reviving interest in the Auzac Day service on the part of the public and" the returned men themselves was evidenced in Whangarei, where there was a much larger attendance than iast year at the Town Hall, while the parade of ex-servicemen was the best sepn here for some years. The Mayor. .Mr. W. Jones, presided, and the' principal speaker was the Rev. W. Elliott.. The Rev. H. T. Seale read tho lesson and led in prayer. The parade of returned soldiers, Boy Scouts and High School piipils, under the command of Lieutenant-Colon,el H. C. Hemphill, marched to the War Memorial, where wreaths were laid and the "Last Post" sounded.