SPIRIT OF THE ANZACS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 31, 29 April 1927, Page 5

SPIRIT OF THE ANZACS

WOLF CUBS ADDRESSED With the object of explaining in simple language the meaning of Anzac Day, what happened at Gallipoli and why the sacrifice of New Zealand’s soldiers is reverenced, the St. Aidan’s Wolf Cubs, under Lady Cub-master A. E. M. Roughton and her assistant, Miss M. Hutton Whitelaw, were addressed last evening at a special commemoration of Anzac Day. The “Old Grey Wolf,” Mr. E. B. B. Boswell, spoke to the cubs on “The Object of Our Service.” The speaker reminded the boys of their duty as cubs, of willingness to help others. Addressing the lads on the story of Gallipoli, Colonel E. G. Fraser outlined the campaign and the Anzacs’ part in it. He urged the cubs to endeavour to emulate the esprit de corps displayed by the troops. Captain A. Lee, late of the Imperial Forces, impressed on his young hearers the privilege of being citizens of the British Empire and living in security under the Union Jack. Chaplain Captain G. T. Williams also spoke in similar • terms, and Mr. R. C. Grigsby, Scout Commissioner, addressed the boys. All present stood in silence for a few moments in respect for the glorious dead. The “Last Post” was sounded as a final tribute by Bugler E. Sealy, of St. Sepulchre’s Scouts. On Anzac Day the cubs laid a wreath on the Cenotaph.