NEW ZEALAND VOLUNTEERS
SPEECH BY THE GOVERNOR. :
AN APPEAL -TO THE EMPLOYERS.
[BY telegraph.-—press ASSOCIATION.]
! . Wellington, Sunday. There was a large gathering of the military forces and general public at Bucklestreet on Saturday afternoon, when His Excellency the Governor laid the founda-tion-stone of a new Garrison Hall, to take the place of the one near Lambton Quay, built 30 years ago. : '. ■
In the course of his speech, Lord Plunket said that one of the great difficulties the Council of Defence had to face was the short time volunteers could get away from, their regular employment lor training". They could not train men effectively by night drills and on holidays. The men wanted several days together. He hoped employers would make sacrifices, as the men were doing, in order that the latter l might do the duty they desired to per-, form.--';/'"'',. ; ' ; '■ I
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13454, 3 June 1907, Page 6
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