COMMANDANT IN THE SOUTH.
(By Tclegraph.-Pross Association.) Gore, May 23. Jfajor-Gcneral Godlcy vi.-itod J];viam-a yesterday and addressed cil'izcn.i on tlio defence 'scheme. Ho was cordially received. At Clove in l.lic afferncon he inspected the Mataura MoimUd Kitlcs and Territorials, and said it was the largest inustor of any mounted company lie had yet seen in (lie Dominion, lie expressed pleasure at the appearance of the men. Addressing the citizens in tho evening the Commandant said Gore would be an invporlant military centre in the future. He explained the scheme and appealed for tho people's assistance. In ropiril to the denominational question I he said n mountain had been made out lof .a molehill. He «re no reason why senior cadets who wished to be together should not ho trained together. In Auckland there was a Catholic company, in Dunedin Hibernian Cadets, and in Dunedin and Invercargill they were now considering the formation of Presbyterian companies. There was no objection to this, but it could only happen in the largi\r centres, as in the country the companies they trained would bo of ill denominations.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1135, 24 May 1911, Page 6
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183COMMANDANT IN THE SOUTH. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1135, 24 May 1911, Page 6
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