ANZAC DAY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 18, 26 April 1916, Page 6

ANZAC DAY.

LEAVING THE ABBEY.

THE KING'S SYMPATHY FOR A WOUNDED NEW ZEALANDER.

GENERAL BIRDWOOD PRAISES

THE ANZACS.

r [Unit*!' i'asns Association.] (Received 1.20 p.m.) London, April '25. Leaving W estmin ster A 1 i 1 icy a I tor the Anzac service, tlie King noticed ! Trooper Geange, of the Sixth T\ ollingtoa Mountecls, lying on pillows in an invalid carriage with a shattered spine. His Majesty, stepped aside and warmly shook, the trooper’s,hand and spoke a few words of sympathy, and then injoined the Queen. The route to the Abbey was crowded, the Colonials who were of fine physique, attracting universal attention. The Now Zealanders were headed by a St. Bernard dog, which is their -Mascot. The Maeris, especially, received a warm-greeting. At the Hotel Cecil luncheon there ’ were eight hundred Anzacs present. General Birdwood got a great ovation, the men jumping up on their chairs' and cheering. General Birdwood said; “1 am glad I was associated with the Australasians for twenty months. Although 1 am not Anstra-lltaw-bbrn, 1 can claim the privilege of being just as good as many of the An/.ae spldiersM hope to command yon for the rest of Tlie war. The world has learned of the Australian and New Zealaild achievements on land at Lone Pine, Hill 60, ajid at the.evaluation. The only complaints .came front men who vviere not included in the. foremost, ranksi’ .. .. .. . . • , < General -Birdwood concluded, by eniphasising the importance of lighting and discipline, as the task was not yet finished. The House of Lords was crowded. Strangers, including members of the press, were rigorously excluded. • Lord Rosebery was present for the first time since v the division 90 the Parliament Act, when ho described Ws speech as his “swan song.