H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1666, 5 February 1913, Page 5

H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND.

INSPECTED AT PORTSMOUTH.

■'.FIRST, GIFT SHIP. _■'. .By Telegraph—Press. Association-Oopyrlsht ;•.,.. ■•';'•'■'.■'■".'.■■ London, February 8." Throe'hundred New Zealahders , in- ,. 6pectqd : the battleship .'New Zealand at •Portsmouth. Among those present .were ;: the/ Hon. T. Mackenzie, High Comiiiisv sioncr for Now Zealand, Mr. J. Cathcart ■ Wason, M,r. (formerly of New Zealand), : /and Admiral Sir Wiltnot Fawkes (a formlor Cdmmandcr-iri-G'hief on,the Australian ■'; Station.'■ Sir George Reid, High Cbmiriisi .':'■"'_ Bioicf'for Australia, was absent owing to ;■, -influenza. •'".;."/;,■ ■ .- Miss .Mackenzie, daughter.of the High . 'Commissioner, unveiled a coat-of-arms /./ whio'h '.supported :ii tablet inscribed; "Tas- '■! man,'l6'i2; Cook, 17G9." ', . "'""': Mackenzie said 1 ho. was proud; New. '.' Zealand : had led the way. in regard to '"■.'; gift/battleships. Ho referred to tho, Aus- ■;;' trafian and.Cnhndiah assistance; to tho ' Empire, and said he' hoped : South Africa. ' would soon follow tho «amplo' ( 'o|' (hoso ■ coWries. v New Zealand'was, anxious that tho Empire's Navy:'should be equal/ : ; / to any; challenge; she- wanted \ 'Britain to .■'■". feel that 'she .was with .her to. the extent /•/of her.ability.'■; . ;.:: : - ///'v '■ '■''.;'/■'-'/' ■j -: Captain Hnlsey,'.'commanding; the/New Zealand, in accepting the coat-of-arms- and : '.tablet, congratulated ; New,' Zealand' '/ on, ■; ■:.being'the first to givo/the,Empirb.:.:a.'ship. _"■' Hb •; trusted . that if.;eve'r ■the 'battleship /:; (was/ called on;to perform /tho'/duty,,for ■■//•which'shohadlbjien built r theerew)would' '/ iiJnaiiitaiii: the' honour -placed in, its hands. . '/.Thb .Hon! James 'Allen, -Now, Zealand V 'Defence. Minister,,: '.said'' New Zealand //.'would/Cheerfully 'give'further help:' 'She /, meant;<o Sep the Pacific.safe: Ho hoped . ..other countries there:.would /combine *to .. V-rriak'e it 'so. '■■}: New Zealand would' not, be' until she. was able to provide "men :. /as well.as money : arid ships, .:,■/■ /.■Sir/Richard 'Solomon,/ /High; Cohimisf '/ pibner,for': South/'/VfriC'.n, J,congratulated' . New.Zealand.on her practical loyalty..: A ■.visit of the battleship to Table. Bay would ...';' help South Afi'ica'S'growing feeling in the, 7 direction 'of co-operation. ■'• .■_ ; ''■'.'' •'" ,'■ ■,// : :.A r silver 'cup for boat crew.competitions a'nd.a/portrait oKtho late'Afx.'R;, J.,'Sed-; /.;/■ don were"'presented-to,,the'ship ,'on Mrs. .;;•., ■Seddqn's.bebalf.; .'•';•'■-/'/:.- : V/' '-.'/" ;,/.;.- -/JWHAT'tHE NE)V/'ZEALAND MEANS.' ■;'-.':'„{ .;/, ./(Rec,/February: 5,''0.45 a.m.);'.' ■'•'■•;O /'■:.'/////' •//" /London,' February %■'■■: //." . -remarks;, that, '•,;' tho/New Zealand.represents'a,'cash' coh- ,•'-. -tribution- of. 40s.'per,head forjevery New, :, Zealander. ;This : fact; it 1 says, should be ■// an'example and' an 'inspiration'; to' :the ''/■people'of every'nation; 'Vender"the.Flag../