ENTHUSIAM AT TIMARU.
A SPLENDID RECEPTION
[jIY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
Tijiaru, Monday.
Lord Kitchener was given • a splendid reception as he passed through here today. Accompanied by the Prime Minister, he was escorted to a specially-erected dais outside the railway station, and there he was cordially welcomed by the Mayor, who. presented an address and handsomely got-up album, containing local views. The Field-Marshal briefly;but 1 in suitable words, acknowledged the. • hearty welcome given him, -and expressed the hope that New Zealand would ever remain as loyal in her support of the Old Country as she had been in the past. The speaker made special reference to: Timaru having organised , a New Zealand battleship fund. Lord Kitchener was heartily cheered by the thousands who turned out to see him, the welcome being generally enthusiastic.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14301, 22 February 1910, Page 6
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133ENTHUSIAM AT TIMARU. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14301, 22 February 1910, Page 6
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