ANZAC DAY.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 April 1923, Page 1

ANZAC DAY.

AfSTItAMAN AND N.Z. CAMI.F, ASSOCIATION. SERVICE AT AN ZAC CO\ K. LONDON. April 26. j A commemoration service was held ~ the beach at Auzac l ove vesteidav. All branches of the service were represented. After the service wreaths j placed on the -Memorial Cross in, tin. 1 Ariburnu toini'lory. lan HAMILTON ENTHUSES. j LONDON, April 26. j \t the Auzac Dav him been General | Jen Hamilton said Australia had n | number oi iivst-cla-s men, who j gradually been evolved under the -train of a long war. They ought realK to have been shilling lights to guide dor steps from the first hour of hostilities. He said: "As a thinker and an administrator, 1 doubt- if we could improve oil General .Moita-li, while tot a born leader in the field, cool, levelhoaded, and intrepid. it. would he hard indeed to surpass Sir Andrew Russell, of New Zealand. The Imperial administration needs a good pick-me-up, in the shape id Ire-li blood from the Dominions. The Australians, for their part, must play up. Don’t, for heaven's sake cut down glare- like Duntroon Military College tin X.S. AVulesl." Sir lan Hamilton - id he had seen most military colleges in the world, hut none with fairer prospect- than Duntroon. "To -tint it. and then say you want to he commanded and staffed m war by Australasians, is really unfair to the rank and file!”