"THE CALL OF THE SEA."
INSPIRATION OF AUSTRALIA'S FIGHTING SHIPS. By Telegraph-Prcse Association—Copyright ( London, July 2. Sir George Raid, High Commissioner for Australia, ik, his speccli alioard the battle-cruiser Australia, paid a tribute to tlie King's warm interest in the Australian Navy, and thanked the Admiralty for its co-opcration in making the Navy a success. Australians, added, were building a navy not because they were colonials, but because they were Britons responding to the call of the sea. "Our object," said Sir George, "is self-defence and preservation, not destruction." Eear-Admiral Patey declared that the King, in honouring him with a knighthood, had honoured the Australian. Navy.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1793, 4 July 1913, Page 7
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106"THE CALL OF THE SEA." Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1793, 4 July 1913, Page 7
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