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Hokitika Guardian, 29 April 1929, Page 4

Till-: himm nor in wliirli An/.ne Ony whs ciHiiim'inornted lociillv left, lit lie In he (lt*siwi, exeept in nnc respect. I In* community service lu-ld in the (lu*:i 1 r<* wns n very reverent proeerdinp;. mid linlliinjjc coin Id linvo heon more <*lo(*imnt limn tin* oecnsionnl nddress dnli'orod, wliicli lirniinlit liniin* very specinl roil si ii is wliv sn jrrent mi neoHSioii in uni 1 history should ho hotimirod iltld never rni'onllon. The pnrndo nnd hourin;.l: of tli<‘ piirnde was in keeping with

the occasion, and the muster ol Liu* returned iiit’ii ;m increasing numiior, si“|siii\> tlscir regard and esteem for the memory of their lallon comrades. The shortcoming of the oommemorution as it appeared to us, was in the overlooking ol the young people —the schools. I’or the most of them it appeared to he but an occasion lor a school holiday and a respite Irom study and discipline. Home change might he made in the future in respect to the juvenile- element, whereby they mild he assoniMed specially, am. told .i.e stay of Anzac in such a way as •o imi ress them with their, obligations o the memory of those who assisted o mane the world safe tor those who nine after. At the local s' hool a w i Memorial has hone reared, and it is Maintained in surroundings creditable » all concerned. It would he titling -!' tic school children could he assembled round that memorial on Anzac ); v, and told of the need to commemorate the deeds ol those whose names re emblazoned on the memorial. r l h so who served from the local school were typical of the great army of New Zenhuulers who sprang to arms to assist n the hour of necessity. That spirit slum lu never he forgotten nor its memry lost in the lnirly burly of life. So much is owing to the memory of those ■ lin served in the Great War that ivc •mist needs he ever paying tribute, and then our duty and obligation will not he discharged. It is to the young we must look 'for the hope of the Ttmpire’s future, and it would he well if hey were instructed in the traditions if tlie past so that they too might bo ealous to maintain the prestige of tlio ■ountry where it in common with the Kmpire at large stands in jeofiardy by mv overt net of a foreign foe.