“HERE'S A HAUN"

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3396, 29 January 1920, Page 2

“HERE'S A HAUN"

_____.__U._.__.._ 3 A TIMELY SL'GGISSTIO.\'. 4 WHAT SCOTTISH .SOCIETIES. ? ' >‘H()L*LI) Do. That knowledglr of Scottish SL7ll‘; and story to be imp-.l2'Lod Lu ‘Lhx: young people of Scots descent and that the _ hand -of good-fullmvsllip ‘new arl"lvals f1'G;11 Scotland, were lpointcd out" as InaM:v.;s that should be 'fof vital importance :0 Scots sociotius by Chief David ()1-ark, at a dinner 'given in the .\lasonic Hall on Er‘s‘rlf\ll‘(lil_\,', by the Robert Burns ("luv and the Wcllingion Ca.10d011i:12: E>'l‘rr.'i«t__»' to commonlol'utc the l2Lllllivel'sar_v of 1120 birth of poet. Robert Burns. Mr Clark said the younger foil-1, especially colonials of Scottish d:s»;€c:;r, ‘were fast losing touch with Srsotlaud, and it was up to lhe various socifcie-< _yto get: those young people together‘,

and enlighten them on niafters pert'3.inin~g to Scotland, That could only be done in a social wary, and theret'ol'e it was necessary that they should have their own hall, at which instructive literary‘ and musical entertziinments eonld be given. NO\\'C()lllL‘£'.~‘ to the Dominion should also be met, so that the hzind of fellowsliip might be extended to them_. and, if necessary, assistance afforded, especially in the matter Ci’ securing employment. The time was now ripe for Such worlz. During the war great numbers of the N.Z.E.F. visited Scotland, and, in their own words, received l=.ospi'-able treatment, not outdone by any portion of the British Empire. Many of these young men were of Scottish descent, and nC.w that they had learned something of the land of thei:' father's, they would be only too glad id join societies whose obj(‘(:ts were 21.» outlined. Evidence of thzs wine to be found in the fact that when thg Wellington Culedonian i-iecfiety was t'ormed——twelve months ago—~it was intended to star: 11 pipe band. Although there were only thirteen members, other applieation for niembersliip wag received, and 21 suggestion that the old Caledonian society should be revived was made. This was agreed to, with the result that there were now no fewer than 500 members and it was anticipzited that the total would reach four figures before the end of the ensuing year.