STRENUOUS YEAR

Evening Post, Issue 29, 3 August 1936, Page 16

STRENUOUS YEAR

Origans

AiiNiJAI^MEEtING

: twenty-fifth-anriual^meeting::of ■ ■ the" Wellingtpn South 'African /War ; ;Yeterans^Assbcia^bn:was: heid-^n:: the .." »sspciatipn's;new;::Irppiiis': PhiiSaturday :;; iiigHt; Sj®e' ipresident; ::Captain ; JV! vJ, ;:.: ; Ciark,.presided.- > - vv -driyiS -^".''.;/■•■.■.'. ;;■ :;AccOTdinig:?tb^to '/..- >past/.year...was ; -a ? stfenubusi one;: many ;■ calls.comniittee for;the relief?of. distressed '• I -yejterSns^; ■ Excellent,work., wasV';done1 •:'■:fcy.the!cbminittee's .chairman, Captain ;. tfibutedvin' assisttog: uiifortuhate nieni :;;VSever^s;m^b^'^.';-'se^ure'd;'v:peiisi6ns .under-.'.the::"Veterans' Allo-yiraiices "Act,;;and;.a.;tribute^was;;paidv&']; Captain "'Bish:op;icc:-&U'.'ai^istancey^'pehsibn^s'.:' Gaptaiii Bishop had been" honoured with; life, membership ; in appreciation of the v^-yaluab^efsewiceVlhe'.ha'dvrelidered/the 1-badge■';fiad''be'en Cpre^tedittvybim'.ca!t;:.::an:.'officiai-'furi6-- .■-"'■.■■ ;The .asspciatibn: had,':through the"jef- ". : ;*<wte;;of;thle"presiHe^ vvbe'^<.aJble'.vtp : Apb^am^Chew^JCPpms/':'ajid ; Was^i^he'|flfst:time:'^able V;tb display , effectively its i-many;' ; valuablei:curiosi': ■■..■^ictures.r aid*X3bj&tsfb^iihterest''tP •::. members; }y Ciedit?.iwis;:^alsp^due;ritb^ -•■•.'.MeisOT:;:A;.;G;;;j;obnstPne'-.Md\J^Fra&'cfe'' .', forj.caraynig ri out;the ■. 'many.necessary , alteratipps and to.Mr. T. Coltmari.junv :'/??s?dj^a!j^';^ ! .\akirisiV-:Many.:.-:giftsi'' liv^ostlyJ^arAjsouvenirs, -had" also^beeri V''XeS^y^:froia''ipepple''interested'.''in>':ith"e' vvassocia^iPn^J-^^'^j;;;1;:;:;;-.;;;;^;--^:;;:::^^,.: Si^lu^le^setvices.had been:rendered' JW|to.%W^AT.,C i iWprlley^ v/.i»cki,yeje^ms;-,.ta:i;hos'pitals.-::and'-''ptlier' vinstitutipris and distributed'theitobacco . Papers;, atad cigarettes,supplied by .-the .•association.' During; iithe,;'vyejir^the .;• monthly supply: 6f:'cigairettes,- tobacco and papers;to: veterans in the Porinia Mental Hospital had been continued and a letter of thanks received from the medical superintendent. t, I •? services, said the chairman, necessitated expense but he was sure none would grudge what little could be given. Many appreciative letters of t^? 1 T-f ? lved from the inmates or the hospitals. The report was adopted. FKESIDENT HONOURED. Members of the association showed thejr appreciation of the efforts of Captain and Mrs. Clark on their behalf by presenting them with a memento? Lieut.-Colonel F. B. Mabin, m making the presentation, made eulogistic reference to Captain Clark's work, especial--3y m getting the new rooms. CapJain Clark, said Colonel Mabin, had been one of the principal pioneers of the movement to form a South African War Veterans' Association, and had always worked indefatigably since the association had been inaugurated There was an indescribable something *bout belonging to such an association and it was excusable if they were ?™ v. d r fw c f^ Ct J hat iber had been tne first New Zealand volunteers to serve. Colonel Mabin referred to' the Canadian; pilgrimage to Vimy Rid« a and I;he wonderful reception the King received when more than 8000 Canadians visited Buckingham Palace. It would be a wonderful gesture on the part of the Government, he said, if it saw fit to remember the South African men when the time came to send a contingent pf New Zealanders to'the Coronation in May. Captain-Clark, m thanking members lor their gift, said that of practically every conceivable honour he considered that of being their 1 president the greatest. He valued their friendship above everything. Paying'tribute to the work of his wife, he said she was as keen a South African veteran as he was and was very enthusiastic an all association affairs. , VETERANS' HOME. Mr. J. 1., Goldsmith, the Dominion president, said there had been some adverse comment concerning the Veterans* Home in Auckland.' >He had recently visited the home and considered it to be an ideal place. There was rbbmfor 46 persons in the home and any pensioner of good character was eligible for entry. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows:—Patron, the Hon Sir R. Heaton K.8.E.; president, Captain J. J. Clark; vice-presi-dents, Mr. J. I. Goldsmith, LieutColonel F. B. Mabin, Colonel S. G Sandle, Mr. H. J. Murdoch; padre, the Hey. Canon Percival James; hon. , solicitor,'the Hon. William 11 Perry; hon secretary, Mr. P. C. Peters; hoi! treasurer, Mr. B. C. Cull; hon. auditor Mr. J. L. Arcus, F.1.A.N.Z.; committee, Colonel G. Mitchell, D.5.0., Messrs. L De Launay, R. Jl H. Aldrlch, W. T. C. Wortley, J. R. Kessell, R. Anderson, A..G. Johnstone, E. M. Woolley, C H Ashenden, J. Mulcachy, J. Nicholson, J. Cowdray; quartermaster-sergeant, ,Mr. W. T. C. Wortley; assistant quarter-master-sergeant, Mr. A. J. Morrice; life members, Major P. de B. Brandon 0.8. E., V.D., Captain C. F. Bishopemergency committee, Mr. B. C Cull Captain C. F. Bishop, Mr. P. C. Peters!