MESSAGE FROM LORD ROBERTS.
A COMMENDATION OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE.
[Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, xeb. 4. Field Marshal Lord Roberts cables as follows to the Press Association : “Have watched with profound satisfaction the adoption by the people of New Zealand of the principle of universal manhood service in defence of th e Dominion. I heartily congratulate New Zealand which has thus followed up the generous support of the Imperial Navy by an example, of democracy realising its responsibilities in the defence of the privileges which British citizenship confers. —Roberts.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2578, 5 February 1910, Page 5
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88MESSAGE FROM LORD ROBERTS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2578, 5 February 1910, Page 5
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