Item HAMILTON, ISM 17/30 - Scrapbook of press cuttings, Apr-May 1914, on Hamilton's tour of New Zealand

Scrapbook of mostly New Zealand newspaper cuttings on Hamilton's tour of New Zealand as Inspector General of Overseas Forces, including on his inspection of manoeuvres of Territorial forces at Tapawera camp, Nelson, South Island, 5 May; on his inspections of Auckland cadets and coastal defences of the garrisons at Forts Cautley, Takapuna and the Bastion, Auckland, 14 May; on his speech at Auckland warning of the perceived threat to Australasia from Asian nations and suggesting the Pacific would be a future battleground between Asians and Europeans, 14 May, including hostile reaction from the Japanese press to his speech, 20-21 May; on the fire at Government House, Auckland, which started in Hamilton's room, 14 May; editorials of New Zealand press on Hamilton's opposition to compulsory military service in Britain, 6-16 May. 1 vol