DEPARTURE FOR HOME.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14986, 5 June 1914, Page 7

DEPARTURE FOR HOME.

HIS APPBFGIATIOS OF NEW

ZEALAND

A HINT REGARDING HIS

IIEPORT

(SPECIAL TO "THE TRESS.") "WELLINGTON, Juno 4. General Sir lan Hamilton, in hi? o2ici.il capacity, took his farewell of New Zealand this afternoon, shortly after 3 o'clock, but as tho Ruahino did not sail till S o'clock, ho. was ablo to come ashore again as a private citizen in plain clothes. Sir lan has been a. very busy man durinp: tho past fewdays, and* his determination to hand in hh report before ho left New Zealand shores must have caused him some little worry at odd times. Ho is, howover, not tho sort of man to break a promise, and Uie report was duly placed in Mr. Allen's hands this after-

noon. . , Sir lan is fortunate in haviug witu him such a capable Staff OJBcor as General Ellison, who has in a great measure helped in getting together much of the material upon which section* or . thA roport are founded. This report rruiy not .-.co the light of day until it i* presented to both Houses of Parliament at tho beginning of the session. Speaking generally, however, 1 think it safo to predict that tho roport will show that we in New Zealand aro ahead of Australia in several matters connected with organisation and administration. Tho report, will »o ail . probability show that »c ro -New Zealand have splendid material to wow on, not only from tho physical, but also from tlie intellectual, point ct view. In this respect our system or training is the more likely to bo a succors y-x comparison with what a sirnUar svstcm would bo in the Motherland, ll may also be taken lor granted that tho 'cadet system has thoroughly earned the commendation of tho GeneSo far as the country itself is concerned, Sir lan is delighted -with'it. In h:s strenuous six weeks' travel ho has. put sorao 3000 miles behind him in this Dominion, but ho has been so much in trains and steamers and camps that ho ***">.*£. time for little in tho way of relaxatlOP in°his final message to the people, he refers to Now Zealand as an earthly paradise. It is, a good deal hko bootInnd, but with a finer climate—a cliraato that has just enough eting in it to toughon tho national fibre. Sir ia» has during tho course of lus antipodean travels made many speeches, and used much metaphor, and it is not, therefore, surprising that in his final message he should again toave dropped into metaphor. In Australia it was the "black crows" and "beware of tho, littlo dark man"; tho other day. it was "tho octopus and the man," and dangers which make up in terror for thoir remoteness. Now, in his final word of advice, ho tells us to keep the serpents out oF our earthly paradise* Hβ says -wo'will know best what he means by that. .' i For tho rest it need only I)© , said that an ablo report may be expected from the famous General, and that he leaves behind him many moro friends than he found when ho landed in these islands.