NEW ZEALAND'S DEAD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 624, 29 September 1909, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND'S DEAD.

SOLDIERS:WHO/FELL' IN SOUTH AFRICA. , C IJfE Or THE IE GRAVES vtTo;'tde EpiToiii]/:«'■■■ . ■ilSir.-T-i' write'to/ask 'yoii "tp.' be; good enough " '■'; to ; publish - ihb /.accompanying. notice,.,. which : /■ should'ha of, genqrai-.inter.est- to/ Now: Zealand- ■ v /ersi;//The' ; Sputh;;Africaii':;fiariipaigri;;is : ,- a : , •/ .thing'.'of.Athp/ iiastr'laiid opinions' lhuy / differ /: ';■:■■ thefeonV:;but .';thcfe*,.is . one matter /bn' /w-hich . : 'ewrxo^i?;.of''"Briti^hy;de£Cent 1 m.iistVbe'.of one. : ,/;': ; jftfcsri-tbiTduSr•-•doslfb*;-£o -dof honour /to '..:; tnose/'who inidVdowii;.their, lives' at/ their coun ; . try's;' callK'Many/iof •'our' fellow: .colonials' ;lio : buried, on the .veldt or-in tho/ , .vario'us ~, c ome' ,/ ./'"tericis'.in.'Sbutli'■■ Africdi'-iand-:it has!coine v to mo .'ra'tlibr'/as/a'shock/to. ; fi'nd:..that',vre -have .done ; • nothing /to 'see that .their;: last: 1 resting-place is /. kept/ /with : thht'.respect /that, wo .-all ...feel. for, // who-areilaid'jthere; , Tho accompanying / report;will/ show.- thdt'•• although /New,. Zealand - has: done: riothing/ iu./tho '.matter,, yet' a ' great. :/;/;i/deal;: : has; boeii ;donc, ;.and;: for,;what ;has lieen . ■'•■■ dorie/we 1 are ?indebtod.'almbst.' entirely to- thosp . ladies.■iri-South:Africa,who; hayo banded•;them-- ■ /;- Belies- together, i-uilder tho /stylo :df • the .Guild :o.f ' Loyal: AVonien in'/South Africa.^: Having, lived ./ South. 'Africa; after' the war,.' ! -I /,: : am '.iri.'/a'' position/jtb"knoW.jSpriiething' of".what ' .has.'.,been dprie,. aridiX.iriay./hero''mention : .onp \/: iris'taric'o/ of what this\guild has. dorip.;:/A non- ;'/ coriimissioiied/oifiCer/in ,tha,6th.,Qbntirigent .was killed,in. action:on 'a'n, farm,'.anil : VnHed'/th'ere/.:''iVl hieadstono'v'was provided By - his? coirir'ades;- "arid/.-lfeft, .with, tho /military for '•, :: : : crectiori'Safter Ulie' /war/ /.I'or .nearly.itwb'/years / -/' /.'lv jthe/military;"/arid was un- . ... aljlo to. ffb.t'.;the'gi|ave/lbcatal br.find:;thb-hcad:. . 6tprib, . : I th<;iv/-incritioried : the ;m"atter ;to' ; this ; eiiild; '.arid .'theyOitfithj tho'/assistancQ of., the /• /'' Kbutn'African. Constabulary,arid' the./.military,'" ' absplutely:;locate'dt'/tUe place ■ of ".burial, found ■'thb/ VaMtorie,;:had i: it v 'erected,;-n'nd' tho - grave : put" arid kept iri; ordbrg .Thby/.arei ] now erigaged •;/;' v mistake,/ where • V;"one of .bur.trooper^/graves has: had• the: headI ' / etbhe.'of.;an,'officer':bf,;tho/1,1,;H. erected, abovo : it;: pi;' 60'i't':;w'ould.' : a'ppear. froin 'na' illustrated ":' /magazine' thatjh'as/.conW :10,/ hand.: .At ii. -rc : /liniori ot/th'e'6th'.Contingent:.a few'.months ago .j'...'';'iV'..Tbto'.' (if: thanks; was to this guild and ;:' I havo'just heard with what fcelings .of P.l lutli-. ■ /• /.''er - re- ■ ceivcd /frbm'.-this.-.9ountry, appear to /have been ' ' iri'.thb /riaturo '-'of'- complaints that the; gTayes : o'f: qur .fallen w;ere-neglected 'by the' guild, ono ' was' tlits"fo«ling/in'/No'.r "Zealand that a/00, which had''been; collectcd. for -the i graves , in - .Sbuth' Africa','/wteCnbt /to -bo "serit, r :but to .be '•/ : :;ri'Md:'iri ; .those/who fell ;. v - in"the ;MaorP.War-. 'conrifry: ■ ..'Surely this \.;iiriforiri,ntiph'/ / havc RDt/iriiitilaled in trai\s- . / by'Mrii'HTiw'aiijvVhd.lis^thb..fridqw.ibf/an-Xin-perial : officer /ivho/' killbd 1 during /tlio 1 waiv ■ arid' ;heV' sympathies/are therefore doubly u'lth . those/whoso U'elatives-ahd -friends 'lie with > her : - husband; 'I .h'ope' you r'will .consider .this .a. mat- : ' '/'ter/so'clbselyvtoubhiriK the .honour/of/New, Zea^ ' ' landithat'yonnvill'it'ako.'the', inatter.np/ editon-. ~:: aliy.i;.:-ThbUeastv W can- /do'/is vto - make' somo; • r ' acKn6wl^gmentvoflthe» v labb.ur : of; lovei that-; has // ahd. ipurs;by. . Mr'sV:M^w,ari''and":hor.;.nelpcrs;..for..which they. ■,; ' /. /haYe' . best - -ackriowledgfneriK'wbuld'/ Ve . a i jto . : /./tK6'..Gravos.Furid;,/and;; , if.'orie'is-op.crie,d;yo.u.can / /,, put ,ipb-: down/ a : subscriber.". I .write' thpsp: fo\v, :.:,.--'^n^..'fw;'i^wsiUom'atibn;'i:rt,4'%y®»'^.' B^y.V : liberty .to publish'/them/or litihsp'them-as ; you • thirikrfit.'"; • I 'ain : :also' seridirig.',comes to : papers :'inbthbr/coritres,'''arid-6h'ould,be;glad'.to..rcceiye ' -:' nhy;iirifoitaati6'n : ''bri-'thiß' Eusjcot'.'/'fr'orii , yourreader -I am, etc, ES) and Brigade-Major 9th Contingent) . .. , V r«ldiuß,;September' 27.".;. ■■■';[ •■■' "GUILD OF ,10TAI, IVoitllA OF SOUTH ArEICA, TEAXSVAAL /;*;/ C rv'.;"Contral/'Cbmnlittee; /•''; T /:;- : />:;;/;• /&;(•f'Bo'S So 7, -.Tohanric'sburg, •; <\, ; /;'■: ;■"/.;.;./v : '/;'//. "August 11', ,1909... /-' { Zea/land^rs ,; . whb fell 'in'the war;'liuried'iri:;the. irans.:;K'::::.^/V./.::,;r;"/ > 'it*tfi« / 'imiinaV '. I/dyal' July, V .' it:■ whs;/stated- /that letters ; /had/ heen received; ' from tho .socretaries;of. .two, associations .;in i '/Wellingtorii'lj^'tZ^lari^^fipg;'^.that'.. 'graves' been lected. by the' Guild /of Ixiyal' Women. That «Biibh; ,rumo'urs ! ::. , !honld..;haye'.':,gbt';ab,road ,6eem's, ' '.h'av'o/,it.lib .graves been /•" ' weir-looked; after' iiVMrcverVa *'6rancK,.'.of -the; ' G;i;W.'exists,^but ','a.,gooil number,:. which'had. /. 'no /mark/ at/.a11,/' ham- hiidV the' -guiliL.;cross,. / crected,-f/Soirio,',:bf'icbui'se/;.'.arp.';boyond v the. : Wach-'Bt/giiilil /w-otKers; :biit.;>vhe , r«ycr-:,it, l is: re-„ -. •>/ported"that a'gravo' J of anyone needs attention ///it-' is put .in- ordefcas'/sbbrifas/ possiblo.';" Two; / ' :nibriument's':s'ent .'by;relatives; riot to .card of tho ••„"'> guild ;byi Nbiv, .Zealflttderfl /'wcnt. astray,'.':were », ... : : . ovcr tho' remairis/of ;thpso. fbr whom thoyl were ;.;.inteu'ded./::lri'-'.brie'';casii the_;guild ..>'as"-not;'.'ap-. pealed ■/'to," .but/.the/rii'briumont was/found .arid :•••/ cwoted....No monoy/hos ever-been received,by : : :VthoV'guild* in;-. thV;;,Transvaal for tho caro of ■. /these graves, .either ,by a Jpublio associationi or. /private 'individual,vahd^et-thby/hat'e.'always ocmn looked ailer.- In Wprtsdorp,'about: 1302; oi: .1303,"/ thirteen'.'or. fifteen',riaves,"whioh;,'arp! ;':.//iii" ..,tho',vCbiu<ft'bfy:,; there, ! ?haa;;.wPpden./.:/ci:'ossefl,; • i criibWdAOvec/itWrii^at' tho expc'nso of .that brancl»>.',Theso. , ,aro now replaced ;by the guild . 'iron/ cross. v / .'-Theso /. grayes :; have-, a ' general 'mbriumbrit/;erected.'by\ the, .Sccprid /Contingent,. / 'New- Zealand,/ : 'but.',it /.was .thought , thpt; it /did., /', ript; uriatk-, /them sufficiently," and ..that .they . .rooi^e ./^asldbne^'arid'/tfie//iron'/.crosses'/ were/put/up/, :; -lajt : '-year ,to ./replace'/the ■ \sooden ones;, which' '•/'.• >.f)Krw of.:,dfeißax» .TbmM / '": are./over'SO: graveS'.of.'Nev; Zealandors in tho- • . ■ Transvaal, •, rind .'about^;3o;;:|iave ßepn>, marked, by/ tbe.guildi/ It-seeinst.'a'pity that such an : /;.'/. erroneous/idea as/that; the graves of' i ofy.the ,-Em-; ■ ;: • pire,; who ;fell. iii./thb>war,. • aio ' neglected," this. : /;',. is.' .absolutely; not ;.the",case.:/" It,"-ItfldK/'.a-.- very; '/ lorig.-. time 'ito . have/all tho: graves/ located, 1 and then a; very lbng.,.titnb'.;.t6. have' all': marked.- " -This', wa9' delayed :ohiefly ;from want /of' funds. The/ Federal'- ,Graves'- Secrotary, Capo Town, / . - has .several / tiriies/ said ..that,: irioney .was ;.to bo ; ' serit ; '-from';'J<!bwVZea]and, but. so.'far norie hns rpa'ohedithe Transvaal.:.:'. ; ' t ;../ / '.."The. matter 'of. reintermorit',:■ has ",Ken - and/ ,;•••' , QiniM) *aS ! bt'ariy- • ; ,- •., i'-he'.; falls; :bul; \ ' /'wiso; /studied" the /q'u'cstibn/.as : soon; ', as/.it /became'/a;/,question, "foiirid^/- that ,-it was' ;"/-■"./ rs#te;if^isMßle,-v;fcft-: ; liv- ; ijT.s.hacl/to/be/considerccl.'.and it 'was';also• dc- ; ... ; cided;-15y:,'thes© 'c6dnseJl6r&: that.'/thb futura'card // pf/tho/.deid' co'uld..bb" nilich'/better attended' to ■if ithey ;,wbrb /grdu''^bd; in 'ceriieteries,.'arid .'brie .'.of : 'which /lias/gerier-' . ;••• ally/beenica'rriedVouty-w'as .'that,/.wherever five / /or; six possible,; fhey shbuld/he.'left, arid , ribar'-brought ! P// -T. ho parking.' of 'th'e' g.raves/. with a fe,w' . exoeptioDs/ Eome' crosSES 'being' ready, .but not . sent,,out,;:arid anVodd/'orie- or two. not 'having -;; been .reported;;' i.s,(completed.->; -Tho :\vbrk of ■ the gtiild' iu this-'directioif noTr.. turns to. the up-' keep ,of. tho; : A'sum ;bf- money -has been /; the' trustebs'.being/his/Excellency the / High CommissiPner,.',,tte'ComriiSnder-in-Chief of . • tho .;Porces/'in''',Sbuth:'Africaj'and .the''Federal • / president- of. „the. r ;gui|fl..- ; J,The- Jnt'ercsti of this' • irioney will/be 'given out.'to *each-icoloriy, accord- : /ing: tp/.the-';number?of,: the : gravefl..-'' > A':' clause' : is.-inserted in l th^jdee'd-of,'.investment; that tho .•' ." interest , pri' .ariy; special ,'suip,': bo it- large or' .. . 6inall,:is' (pveri,iri'tact'.for: the.purpose fbr ,which . :it; is..sent—i;o., ifor'.the. grave/or graves speci-; . / ,fied;\ This ..is ;ine,utioned 'jil/ caSc 'anyone should think■ that .niontfy. sont woulil;be- u?crl cener- .. ally.;/. An,/appcaf/:is-,'': : therefore/ .'made V.to -all i :.: readers"of'this, sta.tpraent *of.. facts/bv. one who: ' : ?W', W 'Jm ;Wor the'- graves/of the ■ .ralleri ~fn.;th'e' ;Tr;ansvaal /for.'over;six-years l 'te:':funds.;tp', tho/cire of those" .New ...;Ze4lanilers,-.p|'- Wtpm' so'larße'a "number lie in' ' this,'distant ua'rid,:, far//frbni' thoso ..who • love'd : - thenV, tbut',whose/graves ate'ctifed 'fdr bv' those; , fhpVhOnon'r.'them."fpv h'ari'ng. given'their lives . : for .King .and' Empire, . Camp.' tail; who; has-been.'.Hon..Graves■ Secre-' tai'.v. /.'•{'•W.,' over,six years,'and is npi t vicc-" - 'pfcyident;,Transvaal;■■/.■,■':' .'