LORD KITCHENER'S VISIT

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 229, 29 January 1910, Page 2

LORD KITCHENER'S VISIT

Arrangements have been completed for the recpetion of Lord Kitchener in New Zealand, and for his tour through the Dominion. Lord Kitchener will arrive at the Bluff on Thursday, February 17, and be received by the Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, and the members of the Defence Council, who will accompany him throughout his tour. lie will proceed to Dunediti by train, and on Friday, the 18th, will inspect the harbour defences, the garrison artillery, and the senior and junior cadets. The defence forces of the district will bo brought into camp near Dunediti, and on Saturday they will be put through field exercises under the eye of the Field Marshal, and will return to their homes on Sunday. On Monday Lord Kitchener will proceed by train to Christchurch, and on Tuesday will inspect the harbour defences and garrison artillery and the cadets. The Defence Forces will be mobilised and put through field exrecises on Wednesday, and the same night Lord Kitchener will leave for Wellington, arriving there on Thursday morning. lie will be accorded a civic reception by the Mayor, and entertained at a banquet by the Ministry, and on the following day will inspect the harbour defences, garrison artilhry, and cadets. The Defenco Forces will be. mobilised that day, and will engage in field exercises on the following day, Saturday. On Monday the Field Marshal will leave by train for Auckland, where a similar programme will be gone through, namely, on Tuesday the inspection of defences, artillery, a>xl cadets, and mobilisation of the forces, on Wednesday, the in« spection of field exercises. Lore) will leave Ai)c)(lqnd for Fiji on Thursday, March 3rd.