H.M. VETERANS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1512, 7 August 1912, Page 5

H.M. VETERANS.

ll.m. vci J. t AXXUAT, SOCIAL GATHERING.'.. There was a lar<;e gathering 'jf mrmljorS r.[ (he Hoyal New Zealand A>-n™iio« of His Majesty's A>ti>r;in« at the Uurlington Cafo-oii Mdmhy cveiiin;. u:i tile-cccasi.iu ol I hi; ahuiM.lSJeui! ,, ■-.? ihiOVVUiiijton , branch. Anion? I'li.isp |:w-i-nl were: Mis r Excellency (h'p.'l-ovcriuir (Lord ls'.initMi), (ifi-.i-vnl A. .1. (\n\Ws, <'..H., Colonel Heard, and the ."Mriyi.v (..Ml'.l). Mi.aren). Tin.' vici'-!in>ii!rnl :•!' th:> liranoh (Mr. )!.—•>, M'insji'v) t.vtii)iii-il tin- r-li-jir. Kvplviiv,' to Ihe Un'-l■ «l' hi- henllh, his ■J-lxccllency .- ivinlii-lit-il that it was -ina«t iillini! Ih'a' it::>: - --liniilcl 1::- a palhrrins of IhnK- vMi-i-;iiis wlui had :if-istod in hiiildini;. tin tin , Kinoii'". There was nothini whiih wii" iiiorp dceiily imbued with Ihj lni]"-?rir>l fpirii than ill! , recognition by the younger wnrriil'iii of the claims ill' veteran--'. Thu veViMn- Inui dune a service Iα (ho Eimiiir. iun! llit-vi- wa.- no aspect.' of IniiH'i'ii'liMii in.ir. , sigiiificaiit than the ci-.tii'.iiii- ol wleiv.M-. '■•Th« Ginvrnor i-niicliiilcil lij*- .-■ildr;-"- by ex- : liressins Jiis permiml pti'-.'-iif™ :i( l.'ein-; pi'ofiit t'i wi-ii tin , v.-terniJ hni? lite 1 and a i-Lintiiniiinie iif prosnerilw • '■'-•'•' Dr. A. \V. lija'rd in-oiy.i-.'d'lite (oas( of "Th? Veii-raiis" iind >:.iiil ih:il Hie r'.Mms of the veterans s!mu|d 1.-e ilrenod by ihc (iwcnimvut ;Vs lr, h'.ciji.il, :iiicl | v.ihVmfnsuTak, with (ho -erviers , Mivy had tto-.ilt-rcd. Dr. Izartl -aid lliii.'tlu' >y?lem «V comjinlsovy r.iilit'iyy tvsiinin? v,-a- am of 111? UKist Miciiii-tic JiiciMires vp( in-trodu-.-f-d in .\c-.v. fe'liiiid'.' ■" ■Ke\;lu-s were walk , by Mr. Tin^v'aivl by Veteran F. \V. Kevel!. ' '. "Tlici'Ariny and Xavy" was ni-.ipofcil 'nliienteinnt: (.'. W.jValmei - . I'rnerr , ! Gral- ]:■>■ replied, :iml said (hut Hi; , youne Xev Zcab.nd urniy had licou -wt n 'epleinlid ; osn.nipl? by the vetornn-.. .lie only wislied that all the - (ci-ritoriJils niii! tile senior ' cadets—|i«r(ir:iil;ii!v th-. , <-.->m6r ■..pndi:t>—' were there tliat (hey inijht me?,t (Ik- veterans and nin an' ii!c>:< of what (hoy should l>? when thfv ; crinp{ptp.<l 'Hici'r im-iod of. tvainiii". ifr-riiriliM th« 'Msori - AVars. (he (hn ? r-\V Vaiil iliat )vj not. ' Ihiiilc '.he cxi-WrufMl liydio "'•' n '""" i '" ""Si"? In tin , PniliaH-mf-arv toaM (wouo.-d'liv Mr. J. V. T. , -ni:l that the. vetr-vMis had not lir?n dour- iindV,. 1,, ' rf-, (liiivht <!nt Ihc Dill winch hud l, tw liro.Hii"'i, ln-| year w.-K ; ,i, insult l» Ihe. veter.-in , -. '■ K-- honed (h.it (lie .vsuin- ■ KMiniales would have some -ooi!' \v«:r<l3 for (h< , vpternns Mr. A. F, fiinver. Ar.P., allvocali-a tl:» ' lilaeiiic. on the 1-Mimali- o) .VIO.IUX) - i-n----mcdiat-oly to mnlio jivavisiou for th,. v,.|,. r an?. . ■ At lend ,62 p-r wcA -lipiild.,]v vaiil to veter.w was the «.ir0,.,,l onini,.,, ~f ; Mr. .-). TT. ITintlnim-fh, M.V, \U; \V. \ ■ Aciteli. M.P.. road a r,-. M ii 11,-' AVnnirnmii A'olerans' As-ocialimi. , ■ lie Hiondif Hint r.-irlinniont. ■ tonl.l sii-Hv iilTord to rerngmXho «-.-rviref- of the ~-oii who lielpe.-l t<i nuikn- M'o- roiintvy... : A rcnly was also made by Uie-' Hon! r M.- Luke. '■■..'■', , T , h * l Efiv - D. C. Bates nronop(id'tli f .(o,i;< ■: of The Xalive Race," and spoke t>MV- : Brent 6trUßSlo the Maoris liail cuwiencv' in their collect with civilisation.' Tho ; Hon. jfr. Kelly replied. • ! puiiiiß the eveniiiff a nnnilwv pf, inns], i-al items were contributed bv'jlie, "f.-il : lmrine:-Jrn.«rs. J. Carr, ■ 11. AVnllon, IT .N. Fletcher. S. Tineey, A. Xcivto,,, '|W . sons, and T). J. Kenny.