CADET CONTINGENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15056, 27 July 1912, Page 9

CADET CONTINGENTS.

: -.THE NEW ZEALAND SQUAD

PREPARES TO VISIT TORONTO.

BOYS OF FINE PHYSIQUE

The 20 Now Zealand cadet* who are to S the- Toronto Exhibition at the »v - 'ZL of the Canadian Government will I fe Wklnd by the Makura on August r T he bovs will be under the command "f retain" Fullerton. of the OUigo High °IS of *■ keenest aenlor cdeft office in the Dominion Staff Sergeant- I\irhr,.. ol UiO Grenadier Guards, has boon drilling and SZ the boys generally in the usual ! 1 iarv practices. The result has o* SSVexpectation S « impartial authority that thoy excel m Sysiquo the recent Australian contingent ffijh visited Great-Britain, '1 he nx hoys So were to have been loft behind, owing . to a mistake in the number first selected, 1 gleeful at being included in the continent through the intervention of tho GovSent and the kindness of several prominent New Zealanders. -U the Exhibition the hoys will compete ; 'physical drill, military drill, and shootin- exercise, and General Godley is cong/eat that they will maintain the best traditions of New Zealand.--The following are too boys selected :— Ot&go military" district: Ronald S. Park, Alexander Bracks, John Grey Somerville, H. R. Domigan. and 11. C. Chapman. Canterbury district: H. S. Batchelor, W. Lyons, J. J- Valentine, G. D. Bruce, and Jv. W, Common. Wellington district : R. ■j„ Garden, G. B. Brunton, G. .T. McSanght, E. A. Porritt. and E. 11. P. Petri?. Auckland district : F. L. Beasley. F. R. Combes, 11. G. CaiTuth, 0. T. Ellis, and L. Ryan.

They will arrive in Toronto about August 25.

THE CANADIAN CORPS.

TOUR' OF AUSTRALASIA

.' The Vancouver cadet- corps, which is to *. .'Australia and New Zealand, will arrive in Auckland by the Zeolandia on if' Tuesday, en route to Sydney. Mr. Bed- **\ doe, the Canadian Trade Commissioner, .will welcome the cadets on arrival, and as Xt- the boys will have a few hours to spare, , he hopes! in an unofficial way. to arrange something in the way of a motor run or entertainment. Mr. Beddoe stated to a Herald representative yesterday that he would be pleased if some of the motor -. car owners in the city would co-operate ■with him in this vent thus ensuring the boys having a pleasant first impression of Auckland. Auckland's official welcome will be given to the boys when they return to New Zealand via the Bluff. From that point they will open out on a tour of the Dominion, finishing up in Auckland. Captain E. R. McTaggart, the advance agent, is at present in Australia completing the detoils of the Australian trip, after which he comes to New Zealand to make similar arrangements here.

The corps is comprised of 75 boys, with a bugle and fife and drum band. Concerts and military displays will be given in each of the centres. Like the Australian cadets on their recent tour through Great Britain, they will be billeted out in tho houses of the hospitable and representative citizens of each particular town, and in this way gain at first hand a knowledge of the local customs.

Captain R. N. Davy, of the Vancouver High School, is responsible for the organisation of the visit.

In their editorial references to the. tour the Vancouver newspapers speak of tho Imperial importance of the visit, which it is hoped will do something towards bringing Canada and the Commonwealth and New Zealand into closer relations. All the papers urge the cadets to fittingly represent the great Dominion during their stay in Australia.