STOP PRESS NEWS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 May 1916, Page 3

STOP PRESS NEWS

0 | JLX . | ixi.il, L>U V XjJa- ■> ,ii o Oi.'iYi^oJJL. k .Uie i,t!ooinji se.*j.on u» Lno niiieteoutii A'al'l*aWelU 0-1 -New Zii'uiailU Wuo Ulia uay ujjlmuU. by luc liu vernui', wiiou la.u» -bxceiii'dicj- was pitasea to liiaivu Uiu ;— ' iionoi liable (jieiitionion oi the Legislative LciunciJ and Gentlemen 01 1 lie iiuu.->e iiepreseniativca.— J t has been louiid necessary to submit to you propi.e>aJs tor tile extension ol the poueie <>i my uovernment in mattery relating 'to tlie war, and 1 tiave therefore ionnd it necessary to convene i'arliauient at a somewhat earner date tjian usuai. It was ray prniiege at tlie opening ot till*; session ol" i'Jlo to .read a, message from JLlis .Majesty the King, i-ou-gra tula,ting the people ot this Dominion upon tlie .spj.'iidid conduct and bravery displayed by tlie Xew Zealand troops at- the Dardanelles. The land-

ing of our soldiers with their <m>m ratios tiff the Australian, and of th< British Indian forces at the Anzac beach, and at Holies on tlie 25th April, 1915, was the historic occasioi; of that message. Though all the ianci forces of the Allies iiave since beer withdrawn from the Dardanelels, history will record that out men, fhrougn--0111 the occupation, faced the dangers of 'battle- -and disease and endured ">ri-va-fcion and: suffering with unfailing courage, and that they with tlie Governments and peoples ot Xew Zealand

ami the Commo'nw'eaWh, quietly and without demur, acquiesced in, and accepted the necessity of retirement from tiie battlefield where so much honour hud been won. Mv Ministers hope tnat when the terms of peace are considered it- may be possible to re.serve for Xew Zealand and the Commonwealth tie ground whore our men ,iought and so many fell in the service of the Empire. Mr Speaker and Gentlemen of ilie lio'ise of Representatives.—ln the estimates prepared for your consideration you will he asked to make full prevision for the prosecution ot +he war, in addition to the ordinary expenditure on the public services ot the Dominion. Honourable Gentlemen of .the Jiturislatire Council and Gentlemen 01 the • io-iso of Representatives.—Until tlio warfare in which Xow Zealand i.as claimed to take her full part with the Kinjn're in terminated by n peace e*< miring for the world freedom from the tyranny of German military methods, all political parties have agreed to abstain from contioversy of a party (-ila rauter. \ oil will therefore bo 'nviu d to direct the ,whole of your energies to the settlement, 01 (some ot -Jie (.liilicuit problems which nave aruen in (onsL'sueiice of the war, and to the cuii: id,eration of me;.6iire>s -which iiavo direct relation to the existing exception ii conditions. 1 earnestly commend those matters to \our consideration, and i pray Unit Divine providence may guide you m you; deliberations.