BRITAIN'S FAMILY OF RACES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 20 May 1915, Page 7

BRITAIN'S FAMILY OF RACES.

A FIFTH OF THE W;)UL3) REPRE-

SENTED

(Recenved May 20, 2 l\d p m.)

LONDON, .May 19 fepeakmg at the 'Juudtiali, Sir George Heid saia that hitherto menu .r,es of ihe Guildhall loiited ta jimish \. armors and statesmen; to-day every n ?m----■ber of our family :>\ v&cei and irations was represented here, vocalhnr£ ijiit a ■fifth or the hu-uan me \vai~j\endinovolunteers for the .Jefenos.of thdir !>eloved King and dag. Young .Australia .hated outrage and .Kived freedom, and the fighting/instincts of the no thera race, .ar.Qused by the rape of Belgium, iiad awakened the young lion with the.1 result that Australians had leapt into I the Aegean Sea, faced the Turkish-Ger--! anan storm of shot and shell and Avon ! their dauntless way until their flag flew victorious at the- summit of the cliffs. Sir G,. Reid added that Australian statesmen were also entitled-to a mead i of praise for training men and provid- \ ing warships before the jstorm burst,! enabling Australia to haul down the German flag in the southern seas. !

Mr T. Mackenzie emphasised that compulsory military service in New Zealand had enabled the Dominion to take its share in the war. New Zealand took this step, believing it was the first duty of the manhood of a nation to protect women and children at home. The atrocities, which will ever disgrace Prussia, have set the heather on fire now and the clans Imperial am Tallying to the King and Empire. nnd the sword Will not be sheathed till the liloodv dis+Tji-ber nf the world's peace is disposed of for all time.