HIGH COMMISSIONER INTERVIEWED.
THE KMl'lliES' DEFENCE. COMHILSOUY SEitVICE. H.vTekv-raph. I'n— A ? . --x-iiii i.>n. (Jopyrmllt, London, Thursday. Mr Thomas Mackenzie, High Commissioner for Now Zealand, who arrived in London to-day, was inter viewed at, length by tho loading London newspapers. Kegarding naval dofence,Mr Mackenzie said one navy for iho Empire wan the only workable plan, ilia i'-ical would be for the Imperial Cuvcnuncnt to direct, the whole, scheme vl' Empire defence. Thin would only ho possible, after raesonable consultation with the Dominion Governments.
It wan highly desirable <hai. (hero should be nioro fremienf, personal interchange of views between tho Minister; of the 1 henmions and Imperial statesmen. Entirely misleading reports wore appearing in Home Krivish newspapers regarding New Zealand's compulsory service, eonsidemg the great, change the scheme wan working in a, re-
markably satisfactory way. In this matter New Zealand has displayed a, most commendable spirit, of en-opera-tion. New Zealand, added Mr Mackenzie,,, was desirous of attracting some of Britain's surplus population. a
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 508, 12 October 1912, Page 5
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162HIGH COMMISSIONER INTERVIEWED. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 508, 12 October 1912, Page 5
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