THE BRITISH NAVY.
EULOGISTIC SPEECHES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 30, 10.30 p.m. London, August 30. Mr. Collins said that apart from the mastery of the sea, the act of committing a vessel to the water appealed strongly to the imagination because it was freighted with human lives and interests. How much stronger would the appeal ibe when it was freighted with the future of the Empire. 'The launch of the Sydney evidenced the Commonwealth's Imperial aspirations. It was a recognition of that unity of the Empire which depended on free communication at sea, which was a guarantee of freedom and security of peace to all within its borders. He added that the Sydney would sign Australians' living activity and partnership in the defence of the Empire. Mr. Moore, Agent-General for West Australia, in proposing the toast of "The Builders," said that the launch brought concretely before the world the growing unity and enlarging power of the Empire to defence.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 89, 31 August 1912, Page 5
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159THE BRITISH NAVY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 89, 31 August 1912, Page 5
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