NELSON DAY IN LONDON
NEW ZEALAND WREATH ON MONUMENT SIR JAMES PARR SPEAKS (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 11 a.m. LONDON, Monday. A magnificent wreath of yellow chrysanthemums from the Commonwealth, a red and white floral cruiser from New Zealand, also wreaths from the New South Wales and South Australian Navy Leagues, were conspicuous Trafalgar Day emblems at Nelson’s Monument. There was a brilliant Navy League dinner in the evening. The New Zealand High Commissioner, Sir James Parr, responding to the toast of the Dominions, said he was of the opinion, that Mr. Ramsay MacDonald at New York expressed the Empire’s view in the phrase, “The Navy is Britain itself.” Sir James emphasised the vitalness of the Empire’s communications beinginviolate from the peril attached to a defeat at sea. AVe must have cruisers in plenty. He was all for a 'reduction of armaments, and admired the League of Nations, but the time had not yet come when we could trust any organisation to keep peace. An Anglo-American agreement should not be difficult, but other Powers were concerned, and no reduction was safe unless it were in proportion ail round.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 800, 22 October 1929, Page 9
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190NELSON DAY IN LONDON Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 800, 22 October 1929, Page 9
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