THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 707, 26 September 1914, Page 5

THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

FAREWELL TO THE TROOPS. The various sections of the Domin-1 ion Expedirionary Force have been reviewed in the different centres. On Wednesday the Auckland section of the force held a review in the Domain, and was addressed fay the Prime Minister and the Mayor of Auckland, while messages were forwarded by the Leader of the Oppoeiiton and variouß members of Parliament. The Christchurch section waa reviewed on Wednesday and the Wellington section on Thursday. Inspiring speeches were delivered to the troops at Auckland by the Prime Minister, the Mayor, and Bishop Averill, the men being exhorted to do their duty heroically in the cause of freedom and to uphlod the fame of the Dominion.

DEPARTURE POSTPONED. RETURN TO CAMP. Wellington, Friday. Thß Governor received advice from the Imperial Government early this morning that the New Zealand Expeditionary Force will not sail from the Dominion for eome little time. The Governor iB anxious, for obvious reasons, to take the people into his confidence on this matter at the earliest possible moment, but would earnestly request them not to make thia a subject of comment, as the delay is solely caußed by the exigencies of the service, when such extensive operations are everywhere in progress. This applies aB well to other expeditionary forces of the overseas Dominions.