COLONEL DAVIES'S APPOINTMENT.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 934, 29 September 1910, Page 4

COLONEL DAVIES'S APPOINTMENT.

;■ WAS IT UNCONDITIONAL? There was further reference in tie. House of Representatives yesterday to the ■ new .■ appointment ; . which - Colonel Davies has reoeived. / : . , ■ Mr. Ifassey thought the Premier should tell the House whether the appointment was' in the nature of a .loan"; also , whether Colonel Davies intended to oome back to -New Zealand. 'Hfr. Allen (Bruce) said that he.hoped Colonel Davies had not severed his con-, neotion with the Dominion. , He believed that Colonel Davies was one of New Zealand's best soldiers. He was completing a- very ' valuable training,:, and his: know.odge of our; conditions :was' also valu-i ■_b!e. lie sincerely, trusted that .Colonel •Javies was only an exchange. Speaking later,. Sir Joseph Ward "said, the consent to the appointment, of Colonel' Daves had been unconditional, A communication had been received saying that Colonel' Davies had been offered the command of . a brigade, and asking., for, the Government's -consent. : This; v was given ' without condition; It was not" :practi<s able to assure - Colonel- Dairies that an appointment would be found for him in New Zealand. _ He. did. not know the term• of .lie appointment. \ •• ■ •