INGLEWOOD.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 April 1922, Page 7

INGLEWOOD.

ANZAC DAY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) The celebrations of Anzac Day in Inglewood w'ere carried out without a hitch. The assembly at the Town Hall in the morning at 11 a.m. was so well attended that the hall was packed. Mr. J. Sutherland (Mayor), presided and very appropriately opened the proceedings. With him on the platform were the Revs. Chambers (Methodist), Perkins (Presbyterian), and Stanton (Anglican). After the opening remarks of Mr. Sutherland, dealing with the national solemnity of the occasion. t’’e amalgamated choir, well supported by the six hundred or more of tne audience, sang the hymn "Oh! God Our Help.” The lesson selected for the day was read by Rev. R. J. Stanton (Anglican), prayers offered by the Rev. Chambers (Methodist), and an address given by Rev. Perkins. After this the National Anthem was sung and the congregation adjourned to the cemetery, where, with due ceremony, wreaths were placed on soldiers’ graves, that is to say, on the graves of soldiers actually buried here, or memorial tablets of those buried elsewhere, and on the memorial stones of parents whose children had made the great sacrifice. To complete the ceremony the Last Post was sounded by Mr. S. Lovell, a returned soldier. FORESTRY. On Wednesday next. May 4, an address which sfaould be of muvh interest to many residents of the Inglewood district is to be given in the public school at 8 p.m. on the subject of “Tree Planting for Farmers.” Though the request, presented to the Forestry Department by the Inglewood Domain Board and School Committee for an address and demonstration (at which school pupils could be present), to be given in one of the Domain Board's reserves in the day time, has not been fully granted, it is to be hoped that, by attending in good numbers, the opportunity thus offered by the Forestry Department, the people of Ino'lewood will strengthen their claim for further consideration by the. forest service, and so pave the way to getting what they originally asked for. Jhe address will certainly be interesting and instructive, so that, with reasonably favorable weather conditions, a full audience may be expected.