THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
I’.iiitain’s Sr it it Diut.nck. Tlie most spectacular part of the hearty welcome which Britain gave to the Dominion Prime .Ministers was the great review of the Atlantic Fleet, a very impressive naval pageant. 'Hie .surprising thing about that review, ns the naval roric.sponelont ol the bonder "Time:-” remarked at I lie lime is llurt the. whole Atlantic Fleet has changed since lItI 1. “.Vo single battleship battle-cruiser, light cruiser, destroyer or submarine which was pre-
e,*iit (at t’c review-in .Inly. 11*1 t! was found m the line,” he wiites. ‘ 1 tie 1 resent fleet, with few exeept ions, may he said to he the produel of the war. The oldest battleship, the Queen Kli/ahetli was completed In 11*17). a* was the oldest light cruiser, the CarysI'ort. while most, of the torpedo cralt, ! oth destroyers and submarines were not completed until 1918.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1924, Page 2
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146THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1924, Page 2
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