SIXTEENTH REINFORCEMENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16748, 17 July 1916, Page 8

SIXTEENTH REINFORCEMENTS

NXTKIt!V\I.M'J) AT LWM'H!/'!,'. r l 'h i icn of 1) ( 0111)1,my, < rilt Ru'nf< IH'IIIUIW VClo (hll 1 I.UIK (j il lui.i'ln on !i / the Ota*/i Wonicri'ti PitnotK A'^J l iat ,011 in (ho J j ft/ Xcltlei i' ilall <jii fc>..iuriia;, 'I ho ftl,r,oi (Mr J, J. ti.uk) Wfkonird tho men in the hall, ai.d hud lli.it, the piomik'c wa.s pioud of tin m. 'J'lm pi opto in Uimcdm Jj.nl hiviid pplmdid nports of tin men of tile Sivliciitii, and it was'even said th.it they wi'ie the best of Jill t!io i"infu>< i incuts All lie <ould pay v.as tii.it il that woio so God help the Gtimans. Ev, ryono a],pieciuted icj\ nun h ,o winy of th • Mi'ii taking .nK.mtipi ol th ■<" have to niiiic rlo'vn to D.iik dm 1 i'i>gj;;o 111 tllC foOtl)!'] fOlliiat I hit v a l , to lake pli. .• in thu aftei noon Many of our fooUiallris woio now playing the ('H'.itvbt «imi' of .',ll, anil wluteur irif<<ht lv 'aid <,f Miort, it had proud a inat,ii'i,o"iit tr uniug ground for the i-oldier. Ewivono hoped tti.it Uie iii'litary team would li.uo a good garni, and, peisonallv, In. hoped it uo.dd \un. Ho -was fee-li-fictl that the mill ot l'io bi\frenth R( mfort emc nts noald uphold the honour of the dominion ju. t a-s well ,'S flic men who had .'heady had done. Th'y all owed a di bt of gratitude to the ladies of the assocaat ion, who had so frequently enteifaiiird our soldier boys—(applauise)— and lie was suro no olio appreciated fhoir kindness hkhg than the men themselv u,. — (Oheeis ) The Rev. W. A. Hay also spoke very briefly, and wished tile- men God speed. Lieutenant Price e\pr!_ssed the men's hearty thanks to the Women's. Association for the very kind treatment, retried, and ,ilso_ cratifKaiion ot tile Otago Rugby Union lia'.ing airanged the football matrh. Mr H. Harris acknowledged Liemcnant Tin'e's remarks with regard to the football malch, and rei>vtted that the Kuiihy Union had i ot boetn able to entertain men go i»g to the front rs its members. would ha\e M:ed to do. As to the Mayor's hope thot the nrlitary team might win, h,s hope i\si that the brtt team world win. He knew that tho men of the 10'nforeem.ent would give them a good, clean, open game. Tho sinking of the National Anthem terminated the function, and tho poldicrs then marched through the tov n on t'nea- vny to Carisbrook, whither tho men forming the team proceded them. '