SYDNEY'S NAVAL FETE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1869, 1 October 1913, Page 7

SYDNEY'S NAVAL FETE.

PREPARATIONS TO WELCOME FLAGSHIP. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney. September SO. Arrangements for tno reception, of the warships Australia and Sydney are well forward. Tho balance of the fleet will meet at Jervois Bay on Friday next, and make a grand entry into Sydney Harbour on Saturday morning. There is. much enthusiasm, and- money is being freely subscribed for tho decoration and illumination of tho city and other festivities. "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Speoial Cables. • (Reo. September 30, 7 p.m.) London, September 30. Tho Australian correspondent of "Tho Times" suggests that tho Liberals propose to curtail tho naVal votes, and check the development of Admiral Henderson's scheme. "Tho Times," commenting on the report,. says that a littlo more or less expenditure would not convey much sienifica-nco to observers at a distance. "What is, certain is that Australia has set herself manfully to the task of naval defonce. The naval problem in the Pacifio," says "The Times," "can only be gradually solved by a joint conference of Britain and all the British Pacific communities." .H.M.S. CAMBRIAN. (Reo. September 30, 8.20 p.m.) Sydney, September 30. H.M.S. Cambrian returns to; England on October 13. She will pr.obably bo scrapped. '