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Hokitika Guardian, 9 January 1926, Page 2

r JiiK periodical attack on the British Xnvv is again in evidence. The battle of Jutland is again being fought, hut " e have £ll e result itself to eontem--1 late, and that is the best basis of all oil which to form an opinion. It is sufficient to say that when the German -ships felt- file weight of the British gunnery, they turned and ran for port ! The dying day was on their side, and it was provident for them that it was so. Had there been hotter visability the historians would have had a different matter to compile. and the critics would have been discussing more decisive results. Still, on the face of it, Jutland was decisive, for it led mi to the bottling of the German navy a.s a big factor in the war. The ships which ran away did not live to fight another day—their final fate was to steam out prisoners of war, and go to their last anchorage at Scarps Flow. The British Navy hn.s been well tried in the past. The hulk of public opinion is with it. and the fullest confidence is reposed in the Navy. Probably the critics serve some purpose in stimulating public interest in the Navy in off-times, but we may be sure tbat the Admiralty does not slumber nor sleep where the Ruval

fences of the Empire are concerned. The Great War was the great opportunity of the British Navy, and it rose to the occasion magnificently. The British naval history of the war is a stirring record which makes the British more proud than ever of its first line of defence.

Tun tourist traffic to the Coast is considerably less this year This is due in the main to the attractions of the Monster Exhibition at Dunedin diverting traffic to the south. That fact makes it all the more regrettable that the Coast is not being advertised prominently at the Exhibition to arrest the attention of holiday makers who may have time at their disposal on the return journey, but are probably drawn to the cold lakes of Otago for the finish up of the holidays, Central Otago being rather prominently advertised at the Exhibition. It will lie realised now that an exceptional. opportunity to advertise the district at a point where a large cor course of people is assembling, has been lost. But while the chance of the present has been missed, there is

still the future before 11s. and it "'ould be well if the lesson learned now were taken to heart, and something done to boom the district in the track of the holiday makers covering the winter season at least. The mid-winter on the Coast is delightfully mild always, and not unduly moist. It would he a very pleasing time to attract visitors to the Coast, and by creating a winter season fuller advantage could lie taken of the scenic attractions of the Coast. The idea is well-worth carrying into offcci.