GENERAL GODLEY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 26 November 1912, Page 5

GENERAL GODLEY.

AND AUSTRALIAN -DEFENCE

I By leteyr'iph — Prtu AwruUton./ IXVERCARGILL, Last Night. Major-General Gcdley arrived at the Bluff this afternoon from -Melbourne. In an interview the General said he had been very pleased'with his visit to the Royal Australian Military College,-!and ; «-as : iyell.iinti,sfjfed! the way.in which-the JNew Zealand cadets, sixteen in number, were being \ treated, arid with the work.they had to do, and << the - way-in which 'it'■ lras-'i done, as well as the progress that was being made. While in Melbourne he; visited the-cordite factory," the re-■ rr\ount depot, and other Australian i military institutions and factories. He j had conferred with Australian military: .authorities in regard to-pla::- for cooperation in defence matters, between . the Dominion and Australia, and he • yjtnegsed the by the. fioyer-lior-Generai. 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 the large number of cadets was marshalled and assembled for fhe review. He thought the boys on the whole were of very good physique, and were promising material , for, .the, Australian Territorial..forces.' They were all fully uniformed, armed and equipped, and it was evident that the Austarlian authorities were sparing no expense to make the scheme of universal training a reality and ■ a complete success. No stone was being left unturned to ensure that all ranks were thoroughly armedi and equipped, so that tlueie would be afforded every opportunity of perform- I ing military duties to the best ad- , vantage. Arrangements were everywhere in progress for canins on a large scale, where brigades and still larger assemblage 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 flourishing and satisfactory, j General Godley will remain in . Tnvercargill to-night, and inspect the Territorial forces, and to-morrow will proceed to Queenstown, thence as far as Clyde, and back, to Dunedin, where he will stay for a couple- of days. He expects to reach Christ-" church on. Saturday night.