At the conclusion of the annual general meeting of the Marine Engineers' Institute, on Tuesday evening, Mr, George Caulton, the President, unveiled a handsome brass tablet which has been placed in the entrance lobby of the Institute as a memorial to those members who died during the Great) War, the tablet also bearing the names of those members who served during the war on transport and military service.
In performing the ceremony, Mr. Caulton said:—Gentlemen: This is a solemn occasion, both sad and pleasant. Its sadness is in the recalling to our thoughts of those whom we knew so well, but who failed to return:—Messrs. E, Auld, H. Wiseman, P. Stewart and J, Thomson. Their names shall live for evermore.
The pleasant part of this solemn occasion is in the welcome we desire to accord to those who safely returned and are returning. When "{we consider the frightful slaughter of those terribly anxious. years, when regiments were wiped out and ships blown up, as with Peter Stewart, in a twinkling, we must congratulate this Institute on being so fortunate in having so small a mortality. This tablet will be a source of. pride with us for all time and is a tribute from those of us who were unable to go to those who did. We have not yet received the names of all who served but as they become known they will be added to the list.
In the name of the Marine Engineers' Institute and with deep, and reverent feelings, I now unveil this tablet as a lasting regard to those whose names inscribed: one thereon.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.