BRITISH NAVY.
AUSTRALIA'S CRUISER. [BY EAKCTRIO TEIiEOIIAPn—COPYRIOUT.] [PKU PRESS ISSO^UTION.] (Received This Day, 8.30 a.m ) LOXDOX, June 23. The keel of tlio Australian cruise!' was laid in the battleship yards <1, Messrs John Brown and Company on Clydebank (Scotland). Lady Reid (wife (if the Hi&jh Commissioner of Australia) drove the first rivet. LADY RAID'S HOPE. [BY ELECTRIC 'rEI,ECiRAPH--COPYRIC!nT.] [per tress association.] (Received This Dav, 9.15 .a.m.) LOXDOX. Juno 23. At the roremony of the layin<r of tllie keel of the cruiser Lady Roi.l expressed thn wish that tlio ship would serve Australia and the Kmpire well and iaiitlifully in times •! peace and war. DrivinKr in the second rivet, S!r George Reid wished the ship "cod luelc. Among those present were '.apt ain Collins, a representative c,f the Commonweal till, 'Major Paiie, coin • mander of tlio Australian Rislev team, a nuuiher of Australian naval lieutenants, and Profesor Riles.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 June 1910, Page 3
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