MAJOR-GE NERAL COD LEY.
(By T^egraph—Per ; Piess Associati««i '.£ NEW PLYtoIJTH,'May 10. • ' ';!=!; Major-General Godley reviewed the ;~ local territorial^ td : night and "address- '.. , ..ed'tliem. He said that he was pleas- • ed with the material and with ' the .-.. soldierly appearance of the men, and |v hoped that the companies would be , increased to full strengthV '' With the same stamp of men. He warned .them that no man' was .a soldier 'who did not keep his arms clean. He did not - infer that the local arms were not clean, ' but, 'there were." such in the pqminibn, and it had 'to be stopped^ Hd ! iibped that the. old soldiers would stick to the work and "stiffen the > ranks. General Godley said that he had read the military history of Taranaki, and was mucn- impressed by it. ' ; ' :
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Grey River Argus, 11 May 1911, Page 5
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