LORD KITCHENER.
AUSTRALIA’S SPLENDID MATERIAL. Press Association.—Telegraph. —Copyright. LONDON, April 28. Lord Knollys, representing King Edward. Lord' Roberts, Mr Lloyd-George, Sir G. Read, and others welcomed Lord Kitchener at Waterloo.
Lord Kitchener, when interviewed, said he was very pleased at what ho saw in Australia, and in Now Zealand. Asked if he thought the period of training under the Defence. Act ..was sufficient, he replied, “I do not think you must -cross-examine mo on that point. I can only say as is in the memorandum that Australia has splendid material whereof to make an army.” When asked whether -exception was taken regarding the cost, he replied, “No; it surely was not a large sum! A prosperous country, like. Australia will find she can hear that very well.”
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13059, 29 April 1910, Page 5
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127LORD KITCHENER. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13059, 29 April 1910, Page 5
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