SIR GEORGE REID VISITS" THE . WOUNDED

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2576, 25 September 1915, Page 5

SIR GEORGE REID VISITS" THE . WOUNDED

Br Teksrapk—Press Association—Conyriglit London, September, 23.' Sir George Reid (High Commissioner for Australia)' and Lnd.v Reid, the Countess of Sheffield, and Mrs. Pcake attended ail "afternoon" at H&refield' to . the wounded, who 'rigorously cheered their arrival. All the wounded who were able to walk wero there, and tli<) • others wero wheeled to tho. assembly, place. It was a crowded ceremony. Sir Georgo Reid presented Distinguished Conduct Medals to - Privates Cowan and Humberstone, Sergeant Horswoll, Lance-Corporals Cawley, Gay,; and Mailer. Addressing the paraded recipients; Sir Georgo. Reid sayf: "You. .• will show. yourselves greatest if these ■ honours .leave you tho sanio modest, unpretending, manly fellows you were before. You must bo proud of the interest the King and Queen have shown in your work. The other day I wrota to the King, telling him regarding Harefield, and within four hours ,of receiving the letter Their Majesties visited the hospital. Queen Alexandra, has expressed to mo ier admiration of Austra. linns. When I was recently at Sir John French's headquarters, the Pnncei of Wales called on mo to personally express his appreciation of the efforts of the Australians. Ido not believe in tho fellow who_ won't fight for his country, whether it bo right or .wrong,-. There was never such an honest defeii- ; sive war as this wo aro now cngaaed in."-

■ The chief industrial organisations in Franoe have formed an. organisation'to' fight the introduction of Austrian and German goods which it'is suspected are reaching Franoe through. German- fae-! Tories established in neutral countries, jsiftqa ,th& .way began. .