BRITISH CHIVALRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1919, Page 3

BRITISH CHIVALRY.

THE SPIRIT OF 100 YEARS AGO. Among the speakers at the Sydney Millions Club's reception to Professor David was General Henderson, who was visiting Sydney on his way to India aftei completing his service in New Zealand as Director-General of the Medical Bet vice in the Dominion. He paid a warm tribute to the sportsmanship of the Australians as evidenced in the fine spirit shown by the boys at the great public schools competitions, and, on the other hand, by the fact that gentlemen like Professor David, whose work he knew and valued, forsook the classroom-" for the battlefield. "The spirit of sportsmanship and fairness," lie said, "is no,t a new thing. In 1815, French prisoners of war died at Chatham, England. Today a stately memorial marks their resting place, and on it is the following Inscription:— " 'Here are gathered together the remains of many brave soldiers and sailors, who, having once been the foes and afterwards the captives of England, now find rest in her soil, remembering no more the animosities of war or the sorrows of captivity. They were denied the consolation of closing their eyes amongst the countrymen they loved, but have ben laid in an honorable grave by a nation which knows how to respect valor and to sympathise with misfortunes.' ''Just as that spirit permeated the race 100 years ago, so it 19 typical of what I have seen with the Australians in South Africa, Egypt, and right through your great continent " Professor David's health was enthu/'i astically honored.