BLUE JACKET AND MARINE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8723, 10 November 1908, Page 5

BLUE JACKET AND MARINE.

MEIR VISIT TO PALMERSTON.

ORDERLY CONDUCT.

TJiei welcome that was extended to the r -officers and men from H.M.S. Encounter, > though not carried out with a , flourish of .' trumpets, was none the less sincere and : appreciative in character. On Sunday 1 afternoon Capt. Peach, of the Manawatu j Mounted Rifles, took advantage of the i only opportunity that wae afforded him L of- welcoming the visitors to Palmerston Norths He expressed the pleasure that !■ he felt in extending them a hearty welcome and trusted that, in time, to come they would look back to their visit with feelings only of pleasure. The men, led fry tHe officers, Capt. Loxley and Lieut. Dinwiddie, then gave three hearty cheers in-reply and three more for Mr 'and Mrs Devine, their hosts. Prior to leaving the _ .Hall, where the seamen and marines wore_ quartered' during their visit, Lieut. Dinwiddie R.N., and Capt. . Loxley r of the, Marines, congratulated Mr and Mrs Devine and staff on the manner in which they liadcatoreri for themselves and their men while in Palmerston. Lieut. Goldsmith, of H.M.S-. Encounter, and Lieut. of the D. Battery, also spoke in, 'eulogistic terms of the treatment received). Mr Devine responded' and thanked the officers in suitable terms for the kind things that had been said about himself andi Mrs Devine. He also alluded to 1 the excellent conduct of the men during; their stay. Altogether there were 100 quartered in the hall and they were the most, ordierly that he had ever catered for. Thre© cheers. were then given by the men- for the Manawatu Mounted Rifles andi line© cheers for their host and hostcssl

The behaviour of the seamen while in Palmerston was. one of tike pleasing: features of their visit.. One gentleman, in the course of. a- conversation with a "Standard" reporter, atartfffd he had never seen a body of men who were so" orderly in their conduct.