SIR DOUGLAS McLEAN
* HONOURED BY MAORI WAR VETERANS. TTTH EXAMPLE OF THE PIONEER: (BY TELEGRAPH - PRESS ASSOCIATION.) HASTINGS, Jan. b. Maori war veterans entertained Sir Douglas McLean at the annual social reunion yesterday. The chairman, Mi W. Y. Dennett, in proposing the guest’s health, alluded to his devoted war service in England during the four years of the war. As became a worthy son of a worthy sire, he always worked for the Miaori war veterans. He had been instrumental in securing for them the old age pensions, in addition to military pensions. No one was more worthy of the .honour done to him by the King than Sir Douglas. Replying to the toast, he said his only regret was that the! late Major Gascoyne had not received from the authorities the New Zealand Cross, so well deserved. There was >a tendency in New Zealand to forget these pioneers. whose pluck, sacrifice and endurance had laid the foundation of the country’s prosperity. Colonis&tioA in: New Zealand was one of the greatest episodes in history for individual pluck and enterprise, and the memory of the pioneers’ devotion should be kept in the minds of the rising generation, to inspire them to. live up to the standard set bv the pioneers in enterprise, determination. endurance and sacrifice.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 6 January 1927, Page 9
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