A SCOTTISH WELCOME

Evening Star, Issue 15478, 28 April 1914, Page 2

A SCOTTISH WELCOME

TO GENERAL HAMILTON. On Sir lan Hamilton reaching Dunedin by the second express from the ©Outh last evening, he was met at th© station hy, the Mavor of “Dunedin (Mr W. Dowrue Stewart) and th© Officer Commanding the Otago Volunteer District (Colonel Banc-bop, 0.M.G.). A guard of honor of the Otago Hi eh School Cadets, under Gapt-Om Pow, Was drawn up on the platform* and received the visiting officer with a general salute, th© Bth Regimental Band, under Bandmaster Lithgow, playing ‘ The General Salute.’ Sir lan was accompanied by Brigadier-general Ellison and Major Ashmore, R.A. (military secretary). After th© General, under the guidance of Captain Pow, had inspected the guard, the Mayor introduced to him Messrs T. Elliott, W. Reid, W, M‘Leod, and W. E. C. Reid, representing the Caledonian Society of Otago, and Mi- Elliott (president), with a few appropriate words, Trinded 'him the following address : General Sir lan S. M. Hamilton, G.C.8., D.5.0., Inspector-general of Oversea Forces, Si r> —On behalf of the Caledonian Society of Otago, New Zealand, wo desire to extend to you a hearty welcome to this City. ’ - As fellow countrymen, we recognise with feelings of pride and satisfaction the distinguished service® you. have rendered to the Empire, and we hope that you will be able to continue your useful work for many years to come. If was our intention to have arranged a Scottish function in your honor, but we recognise that the demands upon your time will prevent our having that pleasure. We tfaorfore simply ask your acceptance of our good wishes in this form. . . We trust, your sojourn in th© Dominion will be pleasant to yourself and beneficial to the great Empire to which we all belong.—We have the honor to be, sir, yours respectfully, Thomas Elliott, President. W.m. Ruin, Vice-president. W. H. M'Leod, Vice-president. C. F; Greenslade, Treasurer. W. E. G. Reid, Secretary. Dunedin, New Zealand, 27th April, 1914. General Hamilton warmly thanked the society for their address, and engaged in a brief conversation with the members of the deputation. The Gaelic Society of New Zealand, represented by Messrs Roderick Mackenzie, Kenneth Cameron, and J. M‘Lachlan, then presented the General with th© following address:— General Sir lan S. M- Hamilton, G.C.8., D.5.0., Inspector-General of Oversea Forces. The Gaelic Society of New Zealand, on behalf of the many Scottish Highlanders and their descendants in this land so far to the south, extend to you, our distinguished countryman, a hearty Highland welcome to this City of New Edinburgh beyond the sea and to th© Dominion of New Zealand as a whole. It has been a source of great pleasure to your countrymen in this Dominion to observe the wisdom, no less than the heroism, with which you hav© conducted ©very operation entrusted to you, upholding th© fame of your ancestors in every respect, and adding fresh lustre by your deeds to the valor Which has ever distinguished your pace, thus achieving honor among the honored and fame among the most distinguished in the King’s service. - It will interest you to know that; th© Highlanders of Otago, by meeting at least once in every month, and in manyother ways, seek to perpetuate in this far land th© worthv traditions, music, and other accomplishments of the land from which we are sprung. It is our earnest desire that your day® may be long, that happiness with honor may attend you, and that you may enjoy years not a few among your kith and kin in the land of mountains and glens and heroes when the noise and tumult, of war are laid.—We have th© honor to be, yours respectfully, Eo OEEICK Mackenzie, Chieftain. D. M ‘Phersox, Chief. Kenneth Cameron, Chieftain. T. W. Munro, Treasurer. John M'Lachlan, Secretary. General Hamilton expressed his sincere thanks for the address. Leaving th© platform, the General entered th© vestibule, where the _ Railway Corps were drawn up ; to receive him. Colonel Macandrew was introduced,, and escorted the Inspector-General round the lines. Three or four of 1 the officers with South African decorations came under the General’s eye, and he seemed to hav© pleasure in putting a few questions to the men. General Hamilton left the station by motor amid th© cheers of a great crowd of people. ’