SQUADRON AT PERTH

Hokitika Guardian, 29 February 1924, Page 3

SQUADRON AT PERTH

ORJEIT OF Citi'lSi:: lin I i i,la. i: aen !'!■,!; I'liKss association. | i Deceived this day at 10.10 a.m.) RKRTIL Ei'liriiary 89. Admiral Field, iuterview'.-ii. Haled ta" ohjoel of till! lour was to familiari e tile '.y.at trade loules witli oll'mers w ho. owing l o the (■eiman eon-oni ration. had been il-:ii.l op.poii ntiii'ies to edv iho e r mi, ■ from ihe . Ilia's dei I; ami to familiu'be tllem with ! lie iietiud I ii he' ame 1 1 air duty to ii..fend I lie,'-, trade roiiu- they would have lir-t ) l.a ml know ledge. The' enii.-.e was also j of I'liuri' et!. a - 'dfoi ding I he e(fi--11, ' - oppo; ttmii it o: meet i.’lg ihe j p. nples of : lie Colonies and Dominion | and getting a belter understanding ol ! t Ivia | oints of iev. and ime'.oib of | Hoveniunuit. This boiler mutual nnI oi i standing v.uul.l help lie- movement polling and ileveio! i:;g trade am! in tiie i: 11 <_■_ inn tin' greater pro-peiitv aeemi; i:. ■ t lie ref!'. mi which nil Id Irdp the p, opies of the Dominions and colonies 1 io a-sisi Iliiiain with larger eina ihni .oils for the defence of her over: eas oi ,la surplus toj 'io in ii: - ! iomelll a -111-aqUi'lii sl'ee h. \ 1 111.1 I'M ! ! ■.,■!,! del hi red 1 hat his lew v. is t' el :Pc Etn| ire . imeid he 'elf-sin pm l ing. 'I llii i.lie•' v, a ■ more pfet al>:i I ill I' e Dominion, iha" at. Homo. !,'"aiPe 11;«■ Dome I'eoplo did not kumv am! took lot ol’ le'e-’u,: ’.. He added ; “If Von ,la i". i, e he aii"‘ of i lie Wa hingtoh ; ,-ir.u the ril ualion i<; koi il only onic of llio-o ollieei' am! c n Dm! a into yrmr s„:: lam, -IPs. Euongh i a preaeliing th ■ g --'.p" l to. y, we CIVIC WF.l.t (iMF TH .MEN. FERIT! Eeh. 29. Tlmilsands lined the streets of l’orth and Fremantle to witness th- parade i f Lwo thousand in: it of Urn ileet. Tim | i ivie widen ai Fremantle. Admiral Field aid their reception v.vs evidence oi Umpire unify and hy heaping thb o-lalilblnei laet heiore- lit-' world no enemy dare iuiorlere wiiii any part of tiie Empire, no matter how | remotely situated. j