NINTH SESSION

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21207, 2 September 1940, Page 4

NINTH SESSION

HAMILTON ORPHANS’ CLUB

TALK ON FIFTH COLUMN The ninth evening of the Hamilton Orphans’ Club’s season was held on Saturday at the Winter Show Hall. Vice-President Bro. W. A. King was installed as chairman for the evening and there was a good attendance of members. The chairman in his talk dealt with the “Fifth Column” menace, with an exhortation to members to do all in their power, by example and loyalty, to crush this thing in our midst. In a most instructive manner he dealt with many phases of international intrigue, immediately following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles up to the present time, and contrasted the methods of the national leaders of England and Germany. One point raised was the execution of forty of Hitler’s leaders in the 1934 purge, in which men were arrested and put up against a wall, apparently merely because they had dared to disagree with their leader. “Could it be imagined that the Prime Minister of England could do such a thing?” the speaker asked. We were fighting a terror which menaced, our whole life, spiritually and physically. The speaker was accorded an ovation when he concluded. It was announced that the final night would be held on Saturday, September 14, and would take the form of a ladies’ night. Also, the club would pay an official visit to the Onehunga Club on Saturday next.

Visitors were present from the Cambridge Club, led by President Bro. Hayden, and the Wellington Club.

The programme presented included items by the club’s orchestra under deputy-Conductor Bro. A. McLachlan, violin solos by Bro. Richardson (Cambridge), instrumental quartette (Bros. Bryden, Kelly, McLachlan and Stanley Jackson), and songs by Bros. A. J. Grant, K. P. Eade and Cotterell.