ARRIVAL IN NEW ZEALAND.
AN UNPRETENTIOUS LANDING. ADDESSSES OF WELCOME. I United Press Association.] Snve-roargiil, Feb. 17. H.M.S. EncotHitiT, with Lord -Kitchener aboard, did not arrive at the JLJluif till tins afternoon. The landing was a quiet and unpretentious altair, and nothing or importance happened. - Sir "Josepli. Ward, Colonel Robin, Colonel Collins, and Major Tusou boarded the ship and shook hands with Lord Kitchener, and the Mayor of Canipbelltown read a short address of welcome, • Lord -Kitchener briefly acknowledged the address, and expressed his pleasure at being in New Zealand. At lnvereargill another address was read, and another brief reply made. Lord Kitchener inspected the veterans aud the volunteers, who were drawn up to receive him, and shook hauds with a number of Maoris, who danced a haka. Theii Lord Kitchener welit on to Dunedin.
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Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12722, 18 February 1910, Page 4
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135ARRIVAL IN NEW ZEALAND. Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12722, 18 February 1910, Page 4
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