"Our Boys at the Front."

The Mayor, proposing the health of "Our Boys at the Front," said that the whole of the people of New Zealand had absolute confidence in the boys at the front. Whatever sacrifices might be necessary would be made by those now at the front and by those who would yet go to the front to help them in their great fight. (Applause.) They owed everything to the boys who had made all the sacrifices, and to their parents. They honoured the boys, and not only the boys but their parents, too. (Loud applause.)

The toast was enthusiastically hon oured. Then on the call of the Hon. G. W. Russell, the health of the chairman was drunk to the strain, "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," and with a verse of the National Anthem the proceedings were brought to a close.