SPLENDID SERVICE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 835, 13 October 1916, Page 7

SPLENDID SERVICE.

TRIBUTE TO DOMINIONS. HELP TO THE MOTHERLAND. Auxlralitn and N.Z. Cubit Atttoeiation. (Received October 13, 11.15 a.m.) LONDON. October 12. Lords Brassey, Islington. Plunket, Devonshire, and Kmmot, four High Commissioners, Sir .lames Carroll. Dr Newman, and many Commoners were present at luncheon, when Mr Bonar Law, in welcoming Mr Massoy and Sir Joseph Ward, paid a tribute to the splendid services both had rendered to the Empire. The services by the Overseas Dominions could not be exaggerated. It was not only a question of moral support. They bad sent somewhere about i three-quarters of a million of troops, but the numbers were not tbe chief characteristic They had also placed their assets of everv kind at the Motherland's disposal. The war had taught England that in dealings with the Dominions it was not merely a question of profit and loss, but whatever would add to their strength would add to the strength of the Empire. Mr Ronar Law said New Zealand played her part. In proportion to population she had sent and keeps up to strength a force n:>| inferior to the other Dominions, and up to now had done it without compulsion. They knew what she bad done at (iallipoli. (Cheers.) Her troops had not merely received their baptism of lire, but with their Australian comrades bad proved themselves as good as any troops in history. What they had done would be handed down to history. Referring to Britain's unpreparedncss. be said she bad slarlly badly as she had done in every war. When history came to be written the marvel would he the way in which the Empire had organised itself. They more than equalled the enemy in war material, and always heal iliein in the quality of the men. The end was not yet in sight, but the tide had turned, and the result was not in doubt. The cable news in this issue accredited to "The Times" litis appeared in that iournal. lint onlv where expressly stated is such news the editorial opinion ol' "The Times.*'