COLONIES AND MOTHERLAND
A SOLID UNIT. MAINTAINING 1)11! NAVAL SUPREMACY. "THE OFFER 01'" oALLANT XEW ZEALAND." A PATRIOTIC SPEECH. Received May 21, 1U £j.ui. Ottawa, May 21.
Speaking ut a dinner to tin- Australasian Press delegate.* at Ottawa on Wednesday, whereat Australian wines were served, Karl Grey (GovernorGeneral of Canada/ reierml lo Hi unanimity of both parlies in Canada in their readiness to make a sacrilicc to maintain British naval supremacy. While the Empire had become a solid unit on the <)Ui'sliou «f defence, the patriotic spirit animating the great Continent of Australia had attracted much attention, and the Labor Ministry's action iii the matter of military training had proclaimed to the whole world that the honor of the Crown was as safe in the hands of the humblest sons of toil as of the proudest nobles in the land. (Cheers,) The oiler of gallant New Zealand, with a population half that of the province of Ontario, had caused the Idood of every Briton .n all parts of the world to pulse more buoyantly in his veins.' (Cheers.) . Sir Wilfrid Lauvier, Mr. Cunningham (editor of the Melbourne Argus), and Mr. George Fcmvick (editor of the Duncilin Times) also spoke.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 98, 22 May 1909, Page 2
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199COLONIES AND MOTHERLAND Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 98, 22 May 1909, Page 2
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