OLD SOLDIERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 266, 10 November 1939, Page 9

OLD SOLDIERS.

" THEY NEVER DIE." SIR I. HAMILTON'S MESSAGE. ARMISTICE DAY GREETINGS. i K.\ Icle-rapli.— Press Association.) W 1 .1.1.1 \I. I'l 1\ . th i - da y. taMed \iini-tice I>a \ -reetinu- hate ii leceited l.t the Dominion president ot the New Zealand Returned Soldier-' \--ociii t ion. the Hon. W. Perry. Iroin Field Marshal laud Milne, errand president of the l>riti.-h I'nipire Service I .ea u ue. Field-Marshal land Rirdtvood. and (leiiera I- Sir lan Hamilton and Sir A le.xainlet* t lodlev.

Sir lan Hamilton.

I.ord Millie'- cable state-: "On behalf of the council of the Knipire Headquarters and kindred organisations, greetings and good wishes." Thai from field-Marshal Bird wood re.id-: "l'lea-e convey Armistice anniversary greetings lo old comrades and m v fulle-l adniii.it ion of the enthusiastic lnv.iltv of New Zealand." lieiiei.il I f;i mill nil's me--age says: "Old -111 dier — never die. They only fade away. So let me send my mes-age to \cw Zealandors, As we say in Scotland. 'I ken yoll weed. 1 Some marched past in Kgypt. -ome gained glory at the far-oil' I)a rdamdles, and the admiration of your enemy then makes him to-day your friend. Many comrades in their hospital blue have had tea and a singsong with me in London. Kvery exserviceman should join your association quickly in readiness to lend an effective hand to the new generation of ex-ser-vicemen." fJeiieral flodlev's mess-age says: "Best wishes to all old comrades.' 1 Appropriate replies have been forwarded.