DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 517, 26 May 1909, Page 8

DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE.

Wt&f£± SPEECH : BY THE GOVERNOR. S ;.- ! &5B; ? ; : WHAT : .:> :'; ; |:.;.'•;,>;,.ijlßT'.TlLßasApn.-fyßriicixL cnnnr.sro>iim'NT.V ;i , ?--^:'^-'-'■'.' ;\ ■ Auckland, $fay'-'2o. :; :'t>;P. : vatthxr Winter" Show-yesterday, 1 ; f ( i/.'■{:.'■■■'. the 'Governor (tord Plunket) said: :■■{. '■,■"■:■/■.. <: ''V. , '','■!' This splendid and. lavish (display : 6f ■ the ?/.';■■-'.■:;;/. fertility fit[ this .rising 'country -and; the.,skill and energy of its' pebple/opehed as it ]i\ ■ :fe vC;' .vEihpire-Day,''bTOgs,'iorcibly, ; l ! am V;?S;v;/": ;fore'many-of. usfthe'seripus thought,'"What vr:-.'; , :'.'; would.be bur,'position;. ; if .the,Empire'srposi-. ■'?: ; i ! - : ;^■tipn.on land,..'and'sea': : was in^angert".V How ;V;*'i- t ,i.-.'. 'off lifer})lpod of S'-;::;f ;.i Dominion. ,^■'•Allow but. for a",>tempbraryY-.'w-' KY^.'■.'vprse to;our; ; fleet"in-iaiiy part of the 1 world,' ■■■!:•.'■ iij: aid;ima'gine ; the irar rate insurance-this ;' , :":' : .: ; i. :; .::3uo0' would, be "taxed -withaa'nd, ; '.without a ■i:/t;/':v • drop'- qf-New" &aland's;:bloo<l'being: shed,]the. ',''" : i,)'f. : consequences- which , wquldafFect'-all: , ; i .;/::'.: :vi ; :,«:!-;7.;;'; ■■ 'V-ft:V/->vV--"B 1 nt;" ! his went on to say,-"if % '■".>..::■ \eny;|.portip.n.-;bf>;the'Empire appreciates this:■ .:*&'■■•■' : - at 'is ; New';Zealandj-'whioh '■:'D' so;; lately, she;;iS;ready} , to■ ..•:.:; ''M'l'"'] take a prominent part iri its'ldpfencejv and I • ;; ;:;:; : f v : feel-.confident ;that after the'important , con?ss ::■■ ;^;ference' ;which : ; 'the , .Empire. •is :to' hold; V; ; ;<'^-^-.:npdn -its mafal- and ;position ; !we shall; '■■V'; ;.;;;be;able^to;feel, thai corifidence' whioh,has"for ?«2'vv v> ; va bberi.sorneTrhat wbateyiedi" " '■'Wj/'.'.V;, '•. 'Addressing the veterans and cadets ati yes-'-tfir ;.■:.':; ■:''ierday.!s-| parade, "Lord .'Plunifgt 'also, touched ; : :; v:.Vyy on;the/same subject; Hβ remarked : that this: ';;;■ : ::{ : .<« year's-iEmpire Day 'was .one ; pf ;: .' . a ;.porfcant ; sincjß. the institution of this;national - : ;:»-;'.,;; hplidayj/in^ew , of;-.'the: recent oveiits" which" 9S+i "i- T>roti^i_t.;home. j ;to'._. us.-the", responsibilities; •?-'■):■>;:;v : ;-:enteile'd';in) retaining \tjhe .command 6of';the'. |v;::V;;>eas.,.v-It; ; remrnded ;the : ; .;: ~;,,' defence .of ;the.:Bmpire,': : and; awakened them , 'S'^^'i'Wiis 'no;needvfor-Mm:tp:refer to-the receif ';■;;:; '.i'-'-wato of enthusiasni-ithroughoiit the Empire—; :i ; i'.--':'"fS.'''thß-'!call Vhroh had come to 'the ooionies'i and :o:> r A^bur;suffioient;reply.v (Applause.)^ l -; '■■■* "<'':'-'; "■ ;H vS :■ ■ -- ; His '■ Excelloncy 'expressed the-: belief ". ,■> V; .•;,,'benefits;,would !l result from i. the:.',lmperial •';?■;'v'/-^Defence.'-.- , .Cbnference;v: ;that•'•'•• was': ' about ■■■ -.?'. ':/ -r.tp'r take ■ place.- '■:.■-, ..-.■;.;':. ■■;-•' ■.''/-.■;;■ ■ •:: ■' ■ '■■::■. '■-y\ r ;