NEW CHAPLAIN FOR THE FRONT.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 October 1915, Page 4

NEW CHAPLAIN FOR THE FRONT.

| AN"'EXCELLENT APPOINTMr'T. By Telegraph. - j Prebs AesouV.'.on. Wellington, Last Xight. Rev. \VY McLean, the minister of tfie Presbytentin charge at Kemuera. Auckland, find a,Chaplain-Captain in ths New Zealand" liefence Farces, has be?n appointed to succeed the late ChaplainMajor W. Grant, killed in action at the Dardanelles. Mr. McLean, who lias been some little time at Kemuera, was rormerly an enthusiastic volunteer, working his way up through tfic noncoinmissiotfd rankß to be eolor-iergeutn. He was then offered a commission, but declined it, preferring to remain at work anions: the men. When thi appointment of a 1 chaplain to the hospital ship Malieno wan consideration, Mr. McLean received an unanimous reeotnmendation front the Auckland churches.'but Chaplain Major Dutton received the aji- ' pointment by virtue ol' seniority. Mr.sMcl.c6ii, who is about thirty-three years iQf age. was amwijt the first men in Now Zealand to offer his services 011 the outbreak of war. but was induced to remain :jn his charge. He was very keen, however, on fitting to the front, and in-..T'ew of his many 'gooU qualities, and. special; oapuli'litfor the position of ch.'tphin. the Una;-.! of .Appolniment lias felt it could not do bctier than send liiin tioili l ! the. ;'.i|> caused liy Chaplain-Majoi-i tyrant'* untimely. though heroic, death., ut w-nic- for others, it,-. MoLean will resign m'h charge, one 01 the most <if Aiiekiaml suburban charges, iuordr.- to :in-Wir win! he fecl.i , to ho a «ail to higher senie.\

Four soldier nil ltw\i- t-an-i'i'i a dive" sion ou the Wellington io An.-klaml expi't'ijh the.other mornim.:. The Tamna rumii -PreKs su.vs: "They l.oj.,k>d the train, lit ,Piiime)s|on North. and thortiy after leuvijiy 11a t l a ditlcren'.o o: m]j ; nion as to how luiii: a man 'ould • lay on l'ie top of.a railway i-an-inge without i siUing oil'. Two oi the soldien volunteered to olimb lo tlie top to the nvj.i'ii* wain ami see it out, wlii.h 11■ e\ del. I"iie\ travelled tor some ilWtaiii* in the dark in and out. of tlinnets and never once lost their lioryp. U Pending they jot. a little dry find defended from'their perch tor refreshment. hut went back to it ininiecUatoly after Wh.-n thoy re-appeared ii> tile carriage tii.■ > -nl.b.-d (heir sooty hands on the lace of cue oV iheir stepping companion-. and had a liij.ii old rim.". (In jietiin;; hack to thfir pprc-h one soldier .-itarle,l walking' a ton;.: the top of the carriages, he was walking lo Auckland. Kv.ntuaily the train had lo be stopped while the purml ami inspector pulled tin: ui"n town. ,\s three of the men tin,l (heir railway passes ihev were pu,t. oil' the train at Tauinariinui. and a pen; Die day |]i,.ic. They lverf L'l'eatiy de-mMed to liml that this wiu a dry district. and lel'f hy (lie midnight express for Atrkinnd. Une soldier lost his hat, and ' u> 'l ''nd had to bin* u gulf cap in 'PaimiaiTiini. Two of 'the snl-dir-rs were Mack with soot from head to foot.''

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