“Gallipoli, Flanders Tradition Will Be Maintained”

Northern Advocate, 13 February 1940, Page 5

“Gallipoli, Flanders Tradition Will Be Maintained”

(Received 3 p.m.) LONDON. February 12. “The Times” l'ecalls that Egypt was the training ground for the winners of undying renown at Gallipoli and declares that these troops will live up to their predecessors’ great fighting reputation. Mr Savage and Mr Menzies have clearly defined the issues for which we are fighting, it adds. “In all the Dominions, public opinion has insisted that the great traditions built up at Gallipoli and in Flanders must be maintained. Special Compliment To N.Z. The “Daily Telegraph,” in singling cut New Zealand for a special compliment, with "Haere Mai" as the heading, interprets the landing after a prosperous voyage as a demonstration of imperial unity, Britain’s command of the seas and the efficiency of her Army, Navy and mercantile marine. It , was appropriate when the first'New Zealand transport reached Suez that the Maori greeting “Haere Mai”, should be raised, suggesting the obvious English interpretation: “Here am I.” “Three Cheers For Anzacs.” “Three cheers for the Anzacs. “The boys are on their way,” exalts the “Daily Mail,” in paying a tribute to the immortality of a name unforgettable hci’c or in Germany. It adds: “They come to fight Hitlerism now, as they fought Kaiserism in the last war.” The "News Chronicle” cites the arrival as the Dominions’ answer to Germany’s false prophets, who foretold the Empire’s disintegration. “Once more the New Zealanders and the Australians have taken up their war stations and now await their task, with Turkey no longer a foe, but a friend.”