OUR SURE SHIELD.
EMPIRE'S P-ELTTU THE NAVY
KING'S .MESSAGE UP Git ATI TPDE.
The following message from His j\f;t.Jo.st v the Kiny to the Navy !ias been received by Captain I‘. 11. Hall-Tlunnpson, R.N., C.M.G., Senior Naval Officer in New Zealand:- — “Now that the last and most formidable of onr enemies Ims acknowledged the triumph of the Allied arms on behalf of right and Justice, 1 wish to express my praise and thankfulness to the officers, men, and women of the Koval Navy and Marines, with their comrades of the Fleet auxiliaries and mercantile marine, who for more than four years have kept open the seas, protected our shores, ami given us safety ever since the fateful 4th of August, JP.L4. 1 have remained steadiest in my conlidenee that, whether fortune smiled or frowned, lue .Royal Navy would once more prove the sure shield of (lie British Umpire in the hour of t rial. ‘'Never in its history has the h’oyal Navy, with (tod’s help, done greater things for us nor belter sustained its old glories and the chivalry of the seas. With lull a,ml thankful lie-arts (he peoples of (he British Empire salute the while, the red, ami the bhie ensigns, and those who have given (heir lives for (he (lag. I a,in proud (o have served m the --•avy; .1 am prouder still to he its head on this memorable day. “(iIiORCIK,’ ILIA
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1905, 21 November 1918, Page 4
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235OUR SURE SHIELD. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1905, 21 November 1918, Page 4
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