AUSTRALIAN CADETS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 162, 26 November 1912, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CADETS.

INTERVIEW WITH GENERA!/ GODLBY.

By Telegraph—Press Association. Invercargill, Last Night.

Major-General Godley arrived at the 131 u 11' this afternoon from Melbourne, interviewed, the General said that he had been very pleased with his visit to the Royal Australian Military College, and we'll satisfied with the way in which the New Zealand cadets, sixteen in number, were being treated, and with the

work they had to do and they way in which it was done, as well as the progress that was being made. While in Melbourne he visited the cordite factory, remount depot, and other Australian military institutions and factories. He had conferred with the Australian military authorities in regard to plans for co-operation in defence matters between the Dominion and Australia, and witnessed the review by the Governor-Gen-eral of 18,000 senior cadets. Commenting on the display, General Godley said that he was very much struck with the efficiency of the organisation and administration, and the way in which a large number of cadets were marshalled and assembled for review. He thought the boys on the whole were of very good physique, and were promising material for the Australian territorial forces. They were nil fully-uniformed, armed and equipped, and it was evident that the Australian authorities were sparing no expense to make their scheme of universal training a reality and a complete success. No sione wa's being left unturned to insure that all ranks were thoroughly armed and equipped, so that (hey would be afforded every opportunity'of performing military duties to the best advantage'. Arrangements were everywhere in progress for camps on a large scale, where brigades and still larger assemblages of all arms will go under canvas during the forthcoming summer. The General stated that everywhere in Australia the prospects of the scheme were most nourishing and satisfactory. General Godley will remain in Invercargill to-night, and inspect the Territorial forces, and to-morrow will proceed to Queeustown. thence as far as Clyde, and back to Dunedin, where he will stav for a couple of days, lie expects to'reach Christchurch on Saturday night.