KITCHENER.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 708, 6 January 1910, Page 5

KITCHENER.

HIS TRIUMPHAL JOURNEY SOUTH. ARRIVAL IN SYDNEY. By Telegranh-Press AfisociaMon-Oopyriehfc (Rcc. January 5, llJD'p.m.) Sydney, '.January h. Stations along Lord Kitchener's route • from Queensland wero ciowded with people, who watched his train pass. ''. At Newcastle the Mayor welcomed Lord' Kitchener, who inspected th», defences. A big gathering, including Vice-Admiral Sir ,Richard Poorc, tho .mililary heads,, ' tho Minister for Defence (Mr. Joseph' >, Cook), aiid members of the Federal and the State Parliaments, welcomed "the 1 Field-Marshal on his arrival at Sydney. Bα quietly acknowledged tho ostentatious'' treetings of the public. Lord Kitchener Was "entertained at a l> civic banquet in the Town Hall to-night. ' Over seven thousand ' troops ' will participate in the camp at Liverpool -and'•> " in the field operations to bo carried oui " in tho presence of Field-Marshal Lord Kitohener.

THE VALUE OF THE VISIT HERE. AUCKLAND OFFICER'S OPINION. (By Telegraph -Special J Correspondent) ' m , , Auckland, January 5. J. no decision of LoTd Kitchener to dispense with ceremonial parades of welcome, and to inspect district troops during field manoeuvres (stated a prominent volunteer officer to an Auckland interviewer) is certainly something now, and yet quito in keeping with tho characiei of the man who, on his appointment ~ as Chief of the Staff in South Africa during the late -nar, cleared tho hotels and clubs of Capo Town of indolent officers, and drove them to tho ifront. < His idea of field inspection is eminently practical, and will give him a surer in- i clication of tho \alue of colonial arms. ' i Local officers havo discussed the matter freely, and there Beems to be a certain ' amount of elation at the proposal toidr6p ' show for something oi a more practical nature. The plan to be followed locally ' will, of course, be m generpl ' ordor3, but it is generally understood if that the New Zealand military authorities are already in communication with Lord Kitchener, and that his approval of, or ' cuticisra and suggested amendment to, 1 the scheme wi'l be cabled across. _The " ■ advice of Lord Kitchener, after he has 1 Viewed our corps at field work, Bhould ijje of the greatest value.

i DATE OF ARRIVAL HERE. (By Teleuraph —Press Association.) Palmerston, January' 5. Owing to Lord Kitchener's arrival in the middle of February, his Excellency Lord PlunLet has been obliged to postpone his trip to the West Coast of the South Island until, Maich. L'ord Kit. cliener is to arrive at the Bluff on February 17, and will be at Wellington Oβ February 2i. ,