AN IMPERIAL NOTES

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10166, 16 February 1911, Page 5

AN IMPERIAL NOTES

struck by his excellency :. The governor. south african campaigners' re-union. At the re-union of the Wairarapa_ South African Campaigners last evening, the Patron (His Excellency the Governor) struck an Imperial note. This re-union, he stated, took them back to a period some ten years ago, when they were all engaged in different part* 1 South Africa in that.to consolidate :possessioii v uitcler the .British Crown.' need "not dwell on the generous, share of Wairarapa' s contribution to; swell the ranks of .the Dominion's contingents. The contingents,, ten in number, had contributed more than their share in both quality' and number in proportion to the population of the Dominion. It was written large on. the page of history,' and Would always be looked back to with great pride. It was fitting and.appropriate; that they commemorate this important event and keep it bright in their minds, as it acted' as an incentive to do ,\'similar work if .the occasion arose.' -vflt was only those who had been; in Hthe midst of a | wli'o< could " realise x tli6 effect of friendship and com- | radeship, and those who had stood 'the dangers and hwdships of a campaign formed a link that neither time nor distance.could disturb. In touching on the outcome o'f the war, His Excellency, stated that the generous policy enacted was ; one of the brightest pages in the history of the British Empire, At this.juncture.it was- most appropriate -to .allude ,to the .great military development in ' I their ; midst., ha; New Zealand -to-day^ r The' Zealand'' scheme;of defence' i 1 was in its early stages.. There; w*as "much to be done, and. many obstacles to overcome, to establish a complete and efficient organisation. He was confident that with the 1 patriotic material in the scheme that in a few years they "would not only be a credit to New Zealand but a model "to the Empire to follow in The same spirit that was the time vof the South-'African tw.ar was here to-day, -and"it would be. evidenced if the EnvDile'was committed to another'crisis. ' .