GALLIPOLI AND AFTER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19931, 27 April 1928, Page 12

GALLIPOLI AND AFTER.

COST OF THE EVACUATION. SIR lAN HAMILTON'S VIEWS. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. (Received April 26, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 26. General Sir lan Hamilton addressed the survivors of the 29th Division in London. He said that never since the original landing was Gallipoli so much in evidence. Some mud had been stirred up, but that was characteristic of every live idea which fought its way steadily to the truth. The late Mr. Bonar Law had sold the River Clyde to the Spaniards for £7OOO so anxious had he been to see the last of her.

Thoy were told the evacuation of Gallipoli had saved thousands of lives, but the public were now getting an inkling that by the evacuation they had lost hundreds of thousands if not millions of lives.

AUSTRALIAN SERVICES. UNIVERSAL REMEMBRANCE. SYDNEY, April 26. The Anzac Day commemoration commenced at 4.30 a.m. yesterday, the hour of the historic landing on Gallipoli. Representatives of the associated Returned Soldiers' Clubs placed' wreaths on the Cenotaph. Later in the day more than 30,000 ex-soldiers in mufti, headed by motor-car loads of blinded and limbless men, marched from Government House through the city streets, which were lined by great crowds of /people, to the Domain. There, in the presence of 120,000 people, the chief Anzac- Day memorial service was held.

This was one of the most impressive services held in Sydney. Services were also held in all the churches and in the country centres. At Melbourne Anzac Day was commemorated by special services in all , the churches. Twenty-seven thousand troops, led by General Sir John Monash, marched through the city, and the Governor, Lord Somers, took the salute at the temporary Cenotaph on the steps of Parliament House. At Canberra services were held in the Albert Hall and were attended by 8000 people, including the Governor-General, Lord Stonehaven, the Prime Minister, Mr. Bruce, and many Federal Ministers. Ceremonies were also held throughout all the States and were largely attended.

NEW ZEALAND TRIBUTES. WREATHS FROM DOMINION. [BY TELEGRAPH.- —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Thursday. According to cabled advice received by the Government the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, Sir James Parr, deposited wreaths at the Cenotaph on behalf of New Zealand and the Mothpinion of Auckland and attended tti© commemoration service at St. Clement Dane's Church, placing a wreath at the war shrine.

The High Commissioner was represented by Mr. H. L. Tapley, M.P. for Dunedin North, at tho commemoration service at Walton-on-Thames, where a wreath was also deposited on bohalf of Now Zealand. Sir James Parr's messagk concluded: — " Please convey my best wishes to all exGallipoli members of the Now Zealand Expeditionary Force. '

Tho following message was also received from General Sir Alexander Godley.— " Please convey my warmest greetings and remembrance for Aflzac Day to all my old comrades in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force."