IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
■ . I—.1 —. TEE DREADNOUGHT OFFER, (nr mEOKM'ii-i'nEsa Xssociatiun.) 11 «' ' i-' > .■ Oa . rt , erton i Jnno 5. r At the- meeting last night, called by th't Mayor, to discuss tho'questions of compulsory universal military training, representation of Now Zealand at the Imperial Conferenee, and Now Zealand's oiler of Dreadnoughts, it was unanimously resolved- "That this mooting, realising the importance" of tho Imperial Conference to bo held shortly in Ixmdoii, expresses the hope that the. Prime Minister. Sir Joseph .Ward, may he enabled ■to accept the invitation to represent tho Dominion."
It was also resolved: "That this meeting desires to bonrtlv endorse tho patriotic a£ tion of Sir Joseph Ward in making an offer to the Imperial Government to provido a battleship of tho Dreadnought typo for. if need be,, two) as .tho gift of the people oi tho Dominion of Now.Kealaiid, and that this mooting realises that-the offer was made as an earnest proof, of the desire of New Zoaland to. holp the Motherland "• in time of need.'
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 527, 7 June 1909, Page 4
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168IMPERIAL DEFENCE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 527, 7 June 1909, Page 4
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