VETERANS' PRESENTATION.
TO RETURNED SOLDIERS' ASSOCIATION. A pleasant function took place at the Soldiers' Club on Saturday afternoon, when the members of the local branch of the Veterans' Association assembled to make a presentation to the members of the Returned Soldiers' Association. The occasion was the sequel to an entertainment given in December last, by the veterans, in honor of three of their oldest members, namely, Lieut. C. M. Ki>i°(lon, N.Ji.K, aged !)7, Mr. H. futt, X.Z f! aged <J2, and Lieut. \V. H. 'Free, 88th Regiment (fought, in llekc's war'in 1815), aged 93. On that o'ecasio,, a photograph was taken of the three veterans, and on Saturday a framed copy of the photograph was presented tu the New Plymouth Returned Soldiers Association. Mr. G- R Robinson made the presentation, and asked Archdeacon Evans, as president of the Association, to accept . it as a memento of the* old men who fought in the wars of 18(i0 to IS7O. Archdeacon Evans expressed the pleasure of the "young veterans" at bavin" such a memento of the men of the past to hang upon the walls of the Club room. He emphasised the vrv stron" bond existing between the old "veterans and the young men who were lighting the Empire's battles to-dav. The gaf lantry of the boys of to-day \va< "the natural sequence of the • gallantry of their forefathers. He said' that when the history of the war was written the world would wonder bow r, m - i )()V s ever landed at Galiipoli, and would wunder more how tlit.y managed to get awav and how they hnd faced the savagery of the hordes of Huns in France. He concluded by thanking the veterans for the gift to the returned srldiev=, and made per.-onal reference to the three "old soldiers" of the photograph, for each of whom, he said, fhev all had a most profound respect. Tliev received the gift gladlv and would o-i V e it an honored ; place in the cluhroom j Mr. J. 11. Walker sounded -'The ; ute" and the proceedings concluded af- ! ter which the members of the two asso- j nations were entertained to ten In- the i Mayoress.
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Taranaki Daily News, 4 March 1918, Page 7
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362VETERANS' PRESENTATION. Taranaki Daily News, 4 March 1918, Page 7
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