ROLL OF HONOUR UNVEILED

New Zealand Times, Volume XLI, Issue 9388, 29 June 1916, Page 8

ROLL OF HONOUR UNVEILED

KTLBIENIE STATE SCHOOL'S WAR RECORD. .

Kilbirnie State School was a very lively place yesterday afternoon, there being a very large muster of juveniles and parents present at the ceremony of unveiling the eehool'e roll of honour. There wa! Si£- a >J *5 ald ° f tf l6 Wounded boidiers lund, comprising fancy goods. p , r ° d ? c \ .sweets, booke and cake stalk, f-i • wer e abundantly stocked and liberallv patronised. The Mayoress (Airs J. p. Luke) opened tne fair with a brief, appropriate speech, and referred to the splendid success that had attended past efforts in aid of patriotic funds. She hoped the Wounded Soldiers' Club would benefit materially by the efforts of the children. The roll of honour was unveiled by Dr. A. K. Newman. M.P.. who expressed his pleasure at being asked to assist in the ceremony. It was right that the old boys of the school who had gone to the front ehould hove their names inscribed on the roll. The sohool had done very well in helping the Empire. Some of the men whose names were on the roll would never come back, unfortunately; it was to their honour that they went. The roll inoluded 6ome nurses who had gone to the front. He believed there would always be war, and some' day the boys would be called upon. Ther should learn games, and how to defend their country. The bovs and girls should ioin the scouts, and remember that war always came like a thief in the night. Their motto should be, "Ready, aye, ready." He hoped the martial spirit would be kept alive in the boys, so that they would be always ready to defend themselves. He hoped the men whose names were on the roll would come back safe and sound and that the God of Battles would bless them and protect them. (Cheers.) Dr.. Newman then unveiled the roll, Which contains 75 names, including thoso of Major E. Price and Privates E. Fisher and J. Keesbury, who have made the supreme sacrifice, al«o that of Sergeant Fear. D.C.M., and Nurse Frander, who was in service in Samoa, and Nurse Worboys, now at the front. _ The roll is a temporary one, which will give place to a permanent roll of honour at the concision of the war. The singing of the National Anthem brought the ceremony to a close.