"PINE SERVICE."

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18905, 21 January 1927, Page 16

"PINE SERVICE."

TRIBUTE TO COLONEL HAMERSLEY. In the following extract from the I "Oxford Times," England, the Colonel Hamersley referred to practised as a solicitor at Timaru some years ago, and is a brother-in-law of Colonel R. Snow, of Fendalton. "To commemorate tho men of the Oxfordshire Heavy Batteries who fell in the war, a memorial tablet was unveiled in the Town Hall, Oxford, on November 28th, by the Duke of Marlborough. Colonel Hamersley said that although the first Battery was formed in February, 1915, it was not until March, 1916, that the men were supplied with guns and drafted overseas. He thanked the Rector and Fellows of Exeter for the inestimable kindness which was shown to them, and finished on a sad note when he compared the sacrifices made for their country by the men in the field with the selfishness that had prompted tho general strike and had prolonged the coal dispute for seven months, to the injury of the nation. The Duke of Marlborough, before unveiling the tablet, spoke of the fine service rendered to this county and to the country by the energy, enthusiasm, skill, and knowledge of Colonel Hamersley. He then gave a record of the outstanding battles in which the batteries had taken part." .