THE LANDING ON GALLIPOLI

Southland Times, Issue 23182, 24 April 1937, Page 8

THE LANDING ON GALLIPOLI

22nd ANNIVERSARY TOMORROW SERVICES ARRANGED IN CITY Tomonow New Zealand will commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Appropriate services will be held in Invercargill and towns throughout Southland. It was on January 2, 1915, that the Russian Government appealed to Great Britain for action against Turkey in order to relieve the pressure on the Russian army in the Caucasus. A promise was given by the British Government that a demonstration would be made, and after much discussion the point at which it was to take place was fixed by the Cabinet as the Dardanelles. This project. gradually widened into a campaign for reaching Constantinople and opening the Black Sea, though in January 1915 the Turkish forces in the Caucasus were beaten and forced back upon the defensive so that the immediate danger to Russia passed. On March 12 General Sir lan Hamilton was appointed to command the Allied landing force. He was promised by Earl Kitchener 80,000 men. The instructions given by Lord Kitchener were said to be of the most casual nature. He believed that the whole Turkish defence system would collapse if only one British submarine entered the Sea of Marmora; he placed the Turkish force at only 40,000 men; he thought that the southern part of the Gallipoli peninsula, which was reported by those on the spot to be strongly entrenched and wired, was “open to landing on very easy terms.” Arrangements for Landing The landing was arranged to be made at the tip of the mountainous, roadless and desolate Gallipoli peninsula, and the troops were faced with the task of fighting their way over a series of rocky heights, which were covered with thorny scrub and almost waterless in summer. And the landing of the expeditionary force could not be carried out promptly because of the failure of the naval attack. These were the events leading up to the landing on April 25, 1915. Tomorrow the gallantry of the Anzacs, their accomplishment of an almost impossible task and the cause for which they fought and died—the cause of peace — will occupy the thoughts of every New Zealander. The usual parade and memorial service will be held in Invercargill. The parade will march from Victoria Avenue to the Civic Theatre, passing through Dee and Tay streets. Both the South African and Great War memorials will be saluted, and the companies will salute the colours when passing them on the march. The marching order will be: Regimental Band, South African Veterans, Returned Soldiers, Southland Regiment, Caledonian Pipe Band of Southland and cadet companies. The president of the Invercargill Returned Soldiers’ Association (Mr A. Kynaston) will preside at the theatre service and an address will be given by Mr William Bell, of Woodlands. Appropriate hymns will be sung, followed by Scripture reading and prayer by the Rev. John Chisholm. A solo, “Requiem,” will be sung by Mr P. Linton Hodge, and “The Last Post” and “Reveille” will be sounded by Ser-geant-Major E. Hunter. The Benediction will be pronounced by the Ven. Archdeacon J. A. Lush. After the service wreaths will be placed on the Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial and on soldiers’ graves. At the Schools Appropriate Anzac Day addresses were delivered yesterday at the city and suburban schools. The speakers were:—North school, Mr W. Bell; Southland Girls’ High School, Mr S. Rice; Southland Boys’ High School, Mr J. Tait; Marist Brothers and Convent schools, Mr J. Puckey; St. George, Mr G. Agnew; Middle, Mr P. L. Hodge; Waihopai, Mr M. Mackintosh; Southland Technical College, the Rev. E. B. Chambers; South, Mr J. Summers; St. John’s Girls’ School and Waikiwi school, Mr H. Mackenzie. To those schools where it was not possible to send speakers a specially prepared address on the lines of previous years was read to the pupils.

POPPY DAY APPEAL SUM OF £3lB COLLECTED Though a number of returns from country and other districts have still to be received, it is apparent that the Poppy Day appeal conducted by the Returned Soldiers’ Association has been very successful. Approximately £3lB has been received by the secretary to date; This represents an increase of £46 over the return last year. The following collections have been made to date:— £ s d Mesdames M. R. Hoffman and G. Perry, Misses L. Hoffman, E. and N. Perry (donations: Mr A. Wachner £1 1/-; Dr C. C. Anderson 10/-; Woolworths Ltd £2 2/-; South School £1 2/-) 59 3 0 Mesdames Arnold, Irvine, Hamilton, J. Osborne, Rapley, Misses Langskaill, Anderson and Lynch 50 3 6 Red Cross Society (Mesdames Petrie, Mayhew, Moore, Gray and Misses Hunter, E. Hanan, Fraser and Isaacs) 47 10 0 St. John Ambulance (Mesdames Chapman, Robbie, Gavan, W. Price, Parker and Pankhurst, Misses J. Jamieson, C. Featherstone and Bemrose; Nurse Griffiths and Mr C. J. Miller; Mesdames J. Miller and Waterson (includes donation 1/7) 42 7 10 Southland Centre, lady bowlers (Mesdames McKenzie, Thomson, Steel, Louden, Leary, Cowie, Hay (includes Waikiwi section, £7 11/-) 30 16 0 Miss Jamieson, Mesdames Spence, Jefcoate, Millard, Flowers; Misses Sutherland, Jacquiery, Bryant, Mackie, Worthington, Godward, Ferguson, Cran and Robertson 18 15 6 Mesdames R. MacLachlan, J. Greig, G. Dale and Miss - McColl 11 15 6 Miss C. M. Fraser 9 3 0 Mrs McCartney (Waikiwi) 616 0 Mrs Grant 6 12 0 St. Helens Nurses 5 0 0 Mrs B. Challis and Miss le Hoyles 2 16 0 Cash sales 0 4 2 School Sales Waihopai School 1 10 4 Technical College 2 0 0 Clifton School 17 0 Tisbury School 15 0 Girls’ High School 12 0 Donations I Southland Frozen Meat Co. 5 0 0

Total to date £3lB 9 4 GENEROUS RESPONSE IN DUNEDIN (United Press Association) DUNEDIN, April 23. The annual Poppy Day appeal arranged by the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association, conducted in wintry weather, met with a generous response from the public. The collectors were busy from 7 a.m. till 6 p.m., the total amount collected in the city and suburbs amounting to £1231 0/2, which is £BO in advance of the amount collected last year. Several returns are still to come in from the primary schools and country districts, and it is expected that when the total figure is available it will exceed last year’s total of £2419 1/6. RECORD SUM COLLECTED (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, April 23. Brilliant weather today enabled the Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association to make the best sale of poppies ever had. The record sum of £1219 was collected and at least £3OO is to come in. OVER £lBOO COLLECTED IN AUCKLAND (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, April 23. The Poppy Day collection in Auckland realized over £lBOO. The returns are not yet complete.

Mr and Mrs C. J. Brodrick 3 3 0 Invercargill Stock and Woolbrokers’ Association 2 2 0 The Southland Times 1 1 0 Mackerras and Hazlett 1 1 0 T. H. Watson 1 0 0 Mrs R. L. Petrie 0 5 0 Thomson’s Ltd. 0 10 6 J. Gilkison 1 0 0 Thomson’s Ltd. 0 10 6 Sir Robert Anderson 5 0 0