WEDNESDAY'S PARADE

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 127, 30 May 1914, Page 6

WEDNESDAY'S PARADE

REVIEW BY SIR IAN HAMILTON OVER 2000 -MEN TO TAKE PART. INCLUDING NAVAL DETACHMENT. The parade which will be held by the Wellington City and Suburban troops at Newtown Park on Wednesday morning next in celebration of the King's Birthday promises to be the biggest and at the same time most spectacular military ceremony which has taken place in Wellington for some considerable time. It is expected that over 2000 men will take part. These will include a big detachment of navals from the warship then in port, a large number of New Zealand contingenters and ex-members of Imperial regiments who fought in the South African War, and the whole of the city and j suburban troops, comprising the Royal New Zealand Artillery (Permanent Force). "A" Squadron of the 6th Mounted Rifles, D (Mountain) Battery, Gamson Artillery Division (three companies), I No. 4 Company Field Engineers, Post and Telegraph and Railway Corps, Divisional Signal Company, sth (Wellington) Regiment, the Army Service Corps, and No. 4 Company Field Ambulance. The sth Regiment will parade with its colours, band, and drums. The whole of the troops will parade I at Newtown Park at 9.30 a.m., when, after giving the Royal salute, the band , playing' "God Save the King," they will j be inspected by General Sir lan Hamil- | ton, Inspector-General of the Overseas Forces. The _ brigades will afterwards march past, in. column, and then in quarter-column, after which it will advance in review order. A Royal salute of 21 guns will be fired by the Royal New Zealand Artillery from Mount Cook Barracks at 9.30 a.m.- The whole proceedings, it is expected, will last about an hour, after which the troops will be dismissed. _ Additional interest attaches to the review as it will be Sir lan Hamilton's last public appearance in New Zealand, ho being due to sail by the Ruahine for London on the following day. As so few of the public were able to witness the big-gun shooting at the Devon last week, owing to the boisterous weather, it was hoped that a further ,bombardment would be conducted from Fort Dorset on the King's Birthday, but this has been found to be impracticable, and there will now be no iurther big-gun firing during Sir lan Hamilton's visit. No special invitations are being issued for Wednesday's review, but it is hoped "that as many of the public as possible will attend. They are promised a ceremony well worth seeing. WORKERS' HOMES IN PETONE MAYOR REPLIES TO DEPARTMENT. . When Waited upon by a Post reporter to-day, the Mayor of Petone had something to say regarding the statement made in last night s Post by the Labom* Department respecting the erection of workers' homes in Petone. Mi 1 . M'Ewan said : — "The view presented is a purely Departmental one. Apparently the Department is incapable of greater ' breadth of vision than is covered by the remains of the old-time Petone sandhills. I Was quite aware of the fact that there were only three or four applications for the sand of Collins-street sections, but the Department will not deny that there have been many enquiries for the Williamstreet sections, which our council is now roading on behalf of the Government. In fact the whole of the thirty application forms sent out by the Department have been issued to intending applicants by the Petone municipal officers. Per contra to the Department's view, the Petone view covers some 700 sections of good 'garden land, acquired for workers' homes, now non-ratepaying, which the Government has promised to dispose of as soon as possible, and thus bring them into the rating area of the borough. The Department says these sections are not under its control — that they are under tho control of the Lands Department. Very true, but the Department ought to know that under section 47 of the Lauds for Settlement Act these sections can be brought under its control. I don't like sa-ying the Department is not looking for work, but, in view of the facts, it looks very like it. At all events, Petone- intends to know what the Prime Minister — who is also Minister for Labour and Lands—has to say upon the subject."