VETERAN'S RE-UNION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 751, 25 February 1910, Page 6

VETERAN'S RE-UNION.

: -The'members , of the Wellington •Veterans , ' A6sb'ciatioii gave'- a' dinner'.' .at iGodber's Rooms last, evening to". ;their brother warriors' who had: come ; from all parts; of the -North ; Island 1 to partiorpste. m. the reception to. Lord Kitchener.'There were-one hundred and thirty, present, and' the; function; was a brilliant' one. ; Colonel Nowall,: C.8., occupied : the , .'; ohair, and, amongst, those ■ present .were several noted fighters ..in l 'the. Maori war, ■ including Colonel Ellis, Major. Gascoigne, Captains Preece, N.Z.C., Garner, , Hamilton; and J.-Black;''-':' '"K" ;■ . k : ;\ : \r:.y, : -v ■■

;An appropriate loyal ■ toast-list : was gone through, interspersed with'.a' short rnnacaf ■■ programme, 'the proceedings', terminating at a late hour amidst great enthusiasm. ,i During the; evening.- stirring ■narratives were related of-the Maori-war battles ,by. Colonel. Ellis, Major Gascoigne, and Captain Preece. \ ■"•. "■ .".■":. '. J '-'■ '.

. ■'. Colonel Newall,; speaking .'of. ■ the -Maori ' r :■ warfare, "characterised / the. Natives who . : fought.against them .as the : most Ballaiit ';■- : : a'nd noble rape. ui. the Empire. He then ,:. asked one of the Ngatiawa'tribe who.was / present to stand up, this ■being., the. signal.;; .for'prolonged applause.;-;,:v;;-, ?; •- " ; , .Vi.':. •' Tingey,:who'' wps> for nine,yearej.-l ■president.',of .the local : . association,. gave , particulars' of' the presentation- 'of - s , medal- made' by him ■ .when. in London, on behalf of the association, to Lord: ; . Roberts; Lord Roberts,; he said,. accepted ■■ the gift with great.pleasure; and seemed; to' -bk\ greatly interested in. the.progres_s ■ \\ of New; Zealand, and asked-manj- ques^.':' , tiops about the veterans here. The presented was, of'local: manufacture, and took the form of a'Malteseiorosswitha .. ' crown ,over,it,- , : suspended by a; Scarlet;, ribbon to a bar'. ..'..'.': i'.' : ;^; ; V