GENERAL GODLEY
VISIT TO WANGANWI
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WANId-ANUI, Feb. 18. General Godley was. a vjstitor to ,Wanganiu jttfdtty, .alid this aftei'iibori lie inspected 240 Collegiate School Cadets, and 350 Senior Cadets. This evening after witnessing the boys' physical driU ; exercises, General Godley said lie did not hesitate to say that he had seen nothing better in any part of the Dominion. He emphasised the need of field work, and hoped that they would give as many of their half-holidays to that work as they reasonably could. "The day may come," he said, "though we all hope it never will, when you will be called upon to defend your country, and it becomes you to prepare yourselves for such an' emergency by becoming ah efficient citizen tli'my. There is ilo reason why New Zealand should hot have a; citizen nrmy ;is good a.s it is possible for any nart of the World to. ptodsuee. The material is here—there is not better anywhere—and the responsibility rests npon you to make the most of it." General Godley said the Government had decided to issue rifles to all cadet corps considered sufficiently advanced in mili tarv work.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 19 February 1913, Page 2
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193GENERAL GODLEY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 19 February 1913, Page 2
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