THE BURDEN OF EMPIRE.
COLONIAL NAVAL HELP.
A MEMORABLE YEAR.
By Cablo-Presi Associatton-Oomirtfc Received December ]8 ( 10,5 p.mr London, December 18. Mr. Reginald McKenna (First Lord of the Admiralty), addressing a meeting of 3000 people at Southend, Aid the year was memorable owing to the oversea dominions joining the' Motherland in the naval defence of the Empire and contributing proportionately to the strength of the whole. (Cheers.) He ■would shortly be ordering two great ships of the Dreadnought cruiser elau, which Australia and New Zealand irert providing and paying for. (Cheers.) He concluded: "Well might we feel that the bonds of Empire are dosety linked., and that our strength will be great when we see our daughter conntries joining up and helping to bear toe burden of Empire." He mentioned that as only one of tie great efforts of Empire consolidation undertaken by the present Government-, it would lie a lasting memorial to the fame of the Liberal Government
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 266, 17 December 1909, Page 2
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159THE BURDEN OF EMPIRE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 266, 17 December 1909, Page 2
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