TANEATUA REMEMBERS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 45, 27 April 1942, Page 5

TANEATUA REMEMBERS

PARADE AND SERVICE MEMORIAL GATHERING lU HALL Taneatua marked its Anzac Sendee with the usual parade and l ceremony in the' hall. One hundred and fifty attended the parade which included members of the Home Guard and W.W.S.A The service attracted a much larger crowd than usual packing the hall to capacity. The Whakatane Pipe Band headed the parade which marched from the main street and was piped into the hall. Mr A. McGougan presided while the service was cor-ducted by the Rev. Steele. The hymns "Oh God our Help in Ages Past," "Kipling's Recessional." "Rock of Ages" and "Peace Perfect Peace" were sung, while the Scripture .Reading was taken from Samnel 23rd.

In his address, the P^CA r . Steele, said that Anzac Day 1942 reminded the people of NeAV Zealand that not only had they to commemorate those who died on Gallipoli, but also those aa 7 lio had perished in the present AA'ar, in which Ave fought the same old enemy 27 years later.

To-day, he said, there were those AA 7 ho advocated peace at any price. They would fling aside their arms in the face of their enemies. To those he would ask, how they Avould attempt to meet such an enemy, Avhen a great peace lover like Neville Chamberlain had failed so dismally. It Avas not for us to stand aside Avhile our families and our dear ones Avcre threatened. We must take up the unfinished struggle of 27 years ago, taking our stand' firmly for right.

By putting our trust in God and not in our guns we would have the greatest security, for it was patent to all that war was not Christian.

Our task however lay ahead and when it was completed it was for lis to see, that the Christian teaching and tenets so pervaded our lives that war would be impossible.