The Kuala Lumpur padang with its striking background of the neo-Byzantine architecture of Government offices made a splendid setting for what might be declared as a display of Australian determination in Malaya, Among the thousands of spectators were the Sultan of Selangor, the British Resident of Selangor (Major G. M. Kidd), and the acting Chief Justice, F.M.S, (Mr, Justice a'Beckett Terell).
Behind Lieut, General L, V. Bond, G.O.C., Malaya, who took the salute, was Major-General Gordon Bennett, who looked proudly on his troops as they marched past, first in slow time end then in quick time, and yet a third time when they were led by the band who n red a special burst of applause.
The parode wes commended by Lieut-Col J, Thyer, The troops marched on the field to the tune of an Australian song which is becoming so familiar in this country that the kampongs are beginning to hum it—the lilting "Come A-Waltzing Matilda With Me,"
Then, walking slowly down the 00-yard long line, Lieut.-General Bond inspected the parade before the march past, The reception the Australians received, especially from the Asiatics massed round the feld, was final Froof that stories from a foreign source of "incidents" were malicious misrepresentations.
The commemoration of Anzac Day closed with a party at the Lake Club at: which cfücers of the A. hosts to a large number of of Kuala Lumpur,
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