A ROYAL COMPLIMENT.
TO THE COLONIAL FORCE*. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Lust Nigh I. His Majestv the King is Colouel-in-Chief of the' 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rillcs. When General (iodiey, the Comniandant of the Forces, was al Home recently, lie interested himself in the mutter, and ijtade enquiries from < oloncl Sccly, who was then Minister for War. whether it would be possible to secure a picture bearing his Majesty's autograph. The Minister was much interested in the idea, and asked if lie might present the regiment witli one. The General accepted the oiler, am! at a represenative gathering of all ranks of the regiment at the OHieers" Club yesterday afternoon, the portrait I was banded over to Col. liloomlield lor the regiment by the Governor.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 268, 11 April 1914, Page 5
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124A ROYAL COMPLIMENT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 268, 11 April 1914, Page 5
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