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Hokitika Guardian, 23 March 1927, Page 1

From our point of view by fur the most, interesting and important feature of the British "Note is its reference- to the exceptional geographical position of Britain and its special relations with the -rest of the Empire. Before the Note was dispatched it whs rumoured that the Dominions would object to any further reduction if Britain’s naval strength in cruisers, and though it is now officially stated that the Dominions have concurred in the Jvofce, the reasons for their supposed reluctance and for Brittoin s hesitation to commit them unreservedly, are mado clear in the dispatch itself. Because* Britain’s Imperial communications reaoli to the very ends of the earth, and liccausc slio is dependent for her existence on seaborne supplies of food ‘and raw material, therefore, it is a matter of vital importance to her and her Dominions thf.it she shall be able to patrol the great ocean highways convoy her merchant fleets, and, if need be, protect the outlying frontiers of her Empire.—Auckland “Star.

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