CADETS FOR CANADA.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1507, 1 August 1912, Page 4

CADETS FOR CANADA.

» INSPECTED HY MINISTER FOR . DEFENCE. ->■ The contingent: of New Zealand Cad of a wliieh is (o. leave for Canada to-day paraded yesterday- in tlio Parliamentary' urouiids, umiev the command of Captain I'lillei'tuii. .Ministers and members of both |)ou.-es of Parliament assembled in targt numbers, those pmnit including tlio Hon. .lames Allen, Minister for .Defence, General (jodley, and l.ieiit.-Colonel Heard. The cadets presented # remarkably neat and workmanlike appearance. All ot them i;re well developed physically, and Iho neatness and precision of their movements in military and physical exercises was universally admired. The cadets were dad in the ordinary .senior cadet uniform, but each one was r.eatly fitted.' 11l invit. ing visitors to inspect the kits of (ho cadets at elos'e quarters, General Godley remnvlted that this was tlm senior cadet uniform as it should be worn. After the inspection. Hie Hon. .Tames Allen, Minister for Defence, made ;! brief speech, in the. course of which he congratulated the cadets upon the dlicisncy that they had displayed." They must bear in mind, he said. that they represented New Zealand, jv.nl must uphold the nami of their country. 11? hoped that they would come buck with o thoroughly good record, and that no boy would come back otherwise than belter'{cr his i visit to Cniwdn. It was an Empire trip upon wllirh they were .about to start, and it would give them a broader outlook, lie wished them good luck, and a thoroughly successful trip. In conclusion, tlm Minister stated (hat lie was very much pleased with the excellent work done by the instructor (J* ta IV .Sergeant-Jlajor Pa i kes). . Cheers were given for (lie cadets «ml' for Captain Fullcrton.