The Rotary Club met last week while their
wives held their quarterly meal elsewhere in the hotel. President Mairhi
Trickett was in charge of proceedings and Linden Warburton introduced the
speaker, Callants Club member Derick Tait who gave an excellent video
presentation on the recent emotive trip to Gallipoli for the exact centenary of
that fateful campaign. Several members of the party were direct
descendants of the men who succumbed in the battle. About 200,000 from
both sides were killed, reported missing or injured of which 132 were
Teris. Due respects were paid at the 11 known graves of Hawick men as the
rest were lost without trace. Many questions ensued after which President
Mairhi gave the vote of thanks.