IN MEMORIAM

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6493, 13 April 1908, Page 8

IN MEMORIAM

UNVEILING A TABLET. Ono of the final acts .connected with !lu' oxi.steuco of the Aollinrgoii buhr,iai’iuf> Mining Vohmteeru—-which company ha*; been disbanded by order ot the LhtJcuco Denar: meut —look place yesterday -afternoon, when a. brass tablet v. iiich had been placed m bt. i aul s Church, cummeiiiOiating the memory ot four members of Uio corps who died during Iho existence of the company. w;;,j unveiled. Tnere was a lair attendance of members of the company, in uniform and mufti, and the service, v.hica was conducted by tho Rev. iilr Spruit, w;ii of an appropriate nature. ’tablet has been placed in a prominent pa-iitiou on one ox the pillars of tho aisle, on the southern side, and contains tho following particulars: DrccUd by tiie Welliuaton Submarine Aiining Volunteers, in memory of— Sapper lv. W. Peufold, died 11th Sep-

timber, 1993. ■ Sergeant P. N. Wilson, died 2nd. January. 1905. Corporal 11. T. Bramley, died 2nd

January, 1905. Lance-Corporal E. E. Palmes, died 14th

December, 1905. Banner Tenfold ■ wne killed in an accident which occurred at the butts. Sergeant Wilson and Corporal Bramley lost their lives in a boating accident at the Heads, and Lance-Corporal Palmes was carried oft’ by illness, Tho Rev. Mr Sprott, in tho course o 3 a brief address, said there wore a large number of memorials in the church to thooo who had lived and worked in the Dominion. Tho cross, candlesticks and tho altar were memorials to tho first Bishop of New Zealand, Bishop Belwyn, who was a great figure in tho whole life of tho Dominion. On his right there was a window in memory of one who was probably tho best-loved and respected vicar the parish ever had. while they were about to have erected—it was probably on its way from England now—a memorial pulpit to tho late Premier, Mr Seddon. In the west window they had a memorial to officers and men who fell in tho Maori war, and on the left there was a window in memory of .a well-known citizen—Mr W. H. Levin. On the pillars they hod memorial crosses to some who had played a large part in the (political life of New Zealand, and to others who were not much known outside their own families. All the painted windows wore memorials; the lectern wae a memorial to a well-known 'settler of tho early days. Ho was glad that among the memorials they now had ono which perpetuated the names of those of the company who had been called away. It was of the greatest importance that tho sentiment and feeling which prompted tho erection of such memorials should be cherished and encouraged. The world they lived in was a hard world, the demands of the present were so pressing, and people were so taken un with tiao busy grlndimr of erery day that they were opt to forget. It had been the happy fate of some who had passed away, and whom the great world had entirely forgotten, to have had little groups of friends who had not allowed their memory to entirely disappear. Such acts kept people from becoming hard, kept them from becoming mere machines of drudgerv. kept a tender place in their hearts and fostered a kindly feeling. He hoped that the memorial would stand for many generations, and that those who entered the house for worship and went to look at it would be able to read tbe names of the members of tho company, and to think that, here at least were a few men who had left this life with companions and friends who did not wish their names forgotten—men who wore willing, if the occasion ever arose, to give tho greatest sacrifice—their life—for tho benefit and well-being of this fair land.