ADMIRAL JELLICOE
OBJECTION TO A.SUNDAY 1 RECEPTION. Hy Telegraph—Press Association. Ashburton, September 3. Ashburton County Council members desired to ineot Viscount Jellicoo at Rakaia on Sunday, and welcome him. on his way to Tiinaru, and accordingly te'.egruphed asking the Admiral whether lie would receive them. Tho Ashburton Ministers' Association,, who ire oppuseu.to a welcome oil Sunday, sent the following telegram to the Admiral:—"We."learn with deep regret that you aro travelling south on Sunday, and have expressed a wish to interview pulblic bodies. We respectfully remind you that our late King on his visit to India 'refrained from any Sunday receptions, and hope you will maintain the best traditions of the Navv in its loyalty to both God and King.'" The lietter was signed by six,ministers. Lord Jellicoe's secretary replied that the Admiral was asked by the county council if he would receive members at Rakaia, and no wish had been expressed by him that lie bo publicly received. Ho further suggested that tho ministers' protest be addressed to tho county council. .It is understood the weclome will bt> accorded as originally intended. Later. Viscount Jellicoe 'ha* cancelled his airangement ■ witli tho Ashburton Couhty Council to receive a wetconie at Rakaia on Sunday next, and will meet the council on his return from Timaru on September 12.
WELCOME' AT CERISTCHURCH.
By Christchnnh, September 3. •Admiral Jellicoe and the officers of the New Zealand were the guests of tha Canterbury Branch of the Royal Colonial Institute at luncheon, and this evening were present at a function tendered, in their honour by the Canterbury branch of the Navy League. Admiral Jellicoe, in the course of an address, eulogised the work of the Navy League of N?w Zealand, and said that no leagua in'the Empire had done its work better. , Regarding the generfil work of Navy 1 Leagues he remarked that thero was a terdpney to emphasiso the spectacular features of the Navy, which he did not think was quite right. No mention was made of the hard ivorlc leading up to these features. In support of his remarks lie instanced tho work of the Harwich forces, the Dovar patrol, and the cruiser eqnadron working between Iceland and -the north coast of Scotland, protecting trado between Norway and 1 the British Isles, and intercepting trade with the Germans and-submarines working in Heligoland Bij'ht. and about the Horn Reef. The United Kingdom, he said, has felt the financial sfa-ess of tlio wir, and so have the Dominions, but unless the United Kingdom and the Dominions are prepared to put their hands in their pockets it will not be possible for us to retain for the Empire that 6ca supremacy which every member of the Empire knows in his heart is vital to its existence.' ,
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 291, 4 September 1919, Page 5
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