WAIPAWA REMEMBERS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 84, 26 April 1937, Page 9

WAIPAWA REMEMBERS

Our Own Correspondent)

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WAIPAWA, inis Juay. . With. only a light wind blowing, the weather was perfect for the service held at the Memorial Clock Tower, Waipawa, yesterday morning to' mark the twenty-seoond anniversary of Anzao Day. The parade, headed by the Municipal Band, marched from ,the Post Office fo the Memorial where addresses were delivered by the Mayor, Mr C. G. Harker, Mr H. M. Christie, M.P., and Mr H. T. Limbrick, president "of the Waipawa branch of the R.S.A. Mr Harker stressed the imporoance of the occasion, • mar king- as- it did the birtli of Nejv Zealand as a suparate and important part of the • great British Empire, and its entry into the World War. Mr Christie said it was most essential that the anniversary of Anzac Day should continue to be observed, being one way of teaching the rising generation the important part they, too, might one day be called npon to take in the history of their country. The hymns "Abide with Me,11 and "G God Our Help in Ages Past11 were played by the band, > and Bandsman Russell sounded "The- Last Post.11 Boys from the Highi School provided the fir- ' ing party aud the- service" qlosed with the National Anthem.