SIR GERALD GRAHAM AND THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1538, 22 April 1885, Page 2

SIR GERALD GRAHAM AND TH E AUSTRALIAN CONTINGENT.

General Sir Gerald Graham deli wed the following address to the N.S.W. ! Contingent on their arrival at the camp, bnakim : — " In the name of the forces under my command, I give you ' a hearty welcome as comrades and ' brothers in arms, who have com* to share the perils and toils, and I hops , ' the glories, of this expedition. lam ' ' proud to Hear with you the umx of ! Englishmen. We belong t« a country on which the snn »f hope and freedom ' ever shines. The heart of every Eng- [ ' lishman beats responsive to the mag- : * nanimons spirit of the colonies — a ' spirit wlnct knits ns together as mem ( bers' of »ne empire, pledged her honor ' to maintain. We hononr the feeling r which has led yon to leave yonr pleasant—homes, yonr wives, year chi'drefi * and your friends to sliare* the peril* of F the campaigns of a deary war in the Desert against fts sa rages, and we know yon will chenfnlly sabmit to privations. AH are comrades h»rt. You know tjmt severe discipline is nevaasary forth» safety of *n army in the field, and I fee! assured that yon will snb-nit to this now as in actual fighting, i-e. memb?i'i*i£ fcl>at t!ie eyes of roar coijatry*— of ,tlje English speaking races thr»ughout the. whole civilised world— . are upon yon. ' J am nertain that yon will uphold the 'hnnor of t^# Empire. I feel proud to command such a force, ■and- stire that? yon V will do the greatest credit to the colony that sent you and • the race to which ion belong." (Great •Peering.) Sir, Cjerald Graham co»---cluded ky expressing his intention 6f patting the eentiuge.nt «n active doty.