LORD KITCHENER.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 974, 18 February 1910, Page 5

LORD KITCHENER.

ARRIVAL AT INVERCARGILL.

RECEIVED BY AN ENORMOUS CONCOURSE.

t By Telegraph—Press Association. INVERCARGILL, Feberuary 17. Lord Kitchener arrived at 2.15 p.m., and was received enthusiastically by an enormous concourse of people. The Mayor presented an address of welcome, after which the General inspected the local troops. He will leave immediately for Dunedin.

THE LANDING. A QUIET AND UNPRETENTIOUS AF*ATR. By Telegraph—Press Association. INVERCARGILL, February 17. The Encounter, with Lord Kitchener aboard, did not arrive at the Bluff till the afternoon. The landing was a quiet anl unpretentious affair, and nothing of importance happened. Sir Jospeh Ward and Colonels Robin, Collins and Tuson boarded the ship and shuok hands with Lord Kitchener. The Mayor of Campbelltown read a short address of welcome, which Lord Kitchener very briefly acknowledged, expressing his pleasure at being in New Zealand. At Invercargill another adc'ress was read, and another brief reply made. Lord Kitchener then inspected the veterans and volunteers drawn up to receive him, and shook hands with a number of Maoris, who danced a haka. Then Lord Kitchener went on to Dunedin.

AT DUNEDIN,

GREAT INTEREST IN MILITARY MANOEUVRES.

DUNEDIN, February 17

Lord Kitchener arrived here this evening, accompanied by his aide-de-camp and Chief of Staff, the members of the Defence Council and the Prime Minister, who met him at the Bluff. He was accorded a hearty welcome by very large crowds, which thronged the streets as he drove to the Fernhill Club. Throughout the train journey Lord Kitchener was accorded enthusiastic welcomes at every station, and was presented with several addresses. The Dunedin station was closed to the general public for the reception of the distinguished visitor, and on his stepping out from the train he was I weclomed Dy the Mayor (Mr J. H. Walker), in a few foimal words, to which Lord Kitchener replied very briefly. He mentioned the fact that his father had owned property in the neighbourhood, and his brother had also been for some years in the district. His sister (Mrs Parker, of Kurow, North Otago), met him on the station, and after the reception Lord Kitchener entered an open carriage, and with a military escort of detachments of the Otago Hussars, Dunedin Engineers, and Garrison Band,' drove slowly to headquarters. Great interest is being taken in the military manoeuvres. At present there are camped at the Heads, the Dunedin Navals and Port Chalmers Navals, and such of the Permanent Artillery as are, located here. Upon these at any time between midnight of Thursday ana midnight of Friday Lord Kitchener may work his will in the way of surprise orders. At any time further between midnight of Friday and midnight of Saturday two thousand volunteers from all over Otago, who will be camped at Burnside, will be subjected to test orders. To-morrow afternoon there will be a big review of the whole of the cadets of the district.

LORD KITCHENER. The following is a copy of a letter sent by the Wellington branch of the Navy League to Lord Kitchener: "'My Lord,--The Wellington Executive Committee of the Navy League desires to extend to your Lordship a warm welcome to New Zealand, and to convey the league's respectful congratulations upon all that your Lordship has done and_ is doing in the direction of consolidating and enhancing the strength of the Army of the Empire. The latest annual report of the local branch of the league is enclosed for your kind perusa'. Our work here in New Zealand is mainly of an educative nature, and consists more particularly in impressing upon the minds of the younger generation the privileges and responsibilities oertainhg to British citizenship and the incalculable advantage of Imperial unity. The executive sincerely trusts that your brief stay in this Dominion may be a pleasant one, and that your Lordship may long be spareed to carry out your great work and to enjoy the honours conferred upon you by your Sovereign and a grateful nation. On behalf of the Wellington branch of the league, yours respectfully, - Alfred K. Newman, President: Cecil iW. Pa'hit, Hon. Secretary."