AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 13 January 1927, Page 2

AMERICAN CABLE NEWS

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NEW ZEALAND AND NAVY. NEW YORK, Jail. 11. The lit. Hon. .1. G. Coates and party arrived here this evening from England. They took train almost immediately for Montreal. In the course of a brief statement, Mr Coates foreshadowed u gradual increase of New* Zealanders per capita contribution for defence, until the amount, lie said, “will compare favourably with that of the Mother Country.” Mr Coates described the New Zealand Navy as “a unit of the Imperial Navy,” rather than as a complete organisation in itself. He expressed his agreement with Air Bruce (Australian Premier) that the Dominion must share fully the cost of the Imperial defence, or else must “accept a position of national inferiority.” AIRS McPHEESOX. NEW YORK, [Tan. 11. There were several narrow escapes from injury at Pasadena, California, when a train carrying Afrs Aimet' AfcPliorson (recently acquitted on the chare of a conspiracy alleging she was kidnapped), who is proceeding on an evangelical tour through the States, backed into a crowd gathered around to bid her farewell. AT'STR A r.I AN R EPRESEXTATTVE NEW YORK, Jan. 11. It is understood that the Australian Commissioner, Sir Hugh Dennison, applied to the Austr;finn Premier, Air S. Bruce, to raise the Commissioner’s office to the rank of a Legation, and to transfer it. to Washington. Air Bruce personally investigated the position in Washington. He found that the ■amount of work did not warrant the expense, nor the necessity. Tie lias replied accordingly to Sir Hugh Dennison.