TRAFALGAR DAY.
• > SPEECH BY SIR GEO. EEID. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 22, 10.15 p.m. London, October 22. Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. McColl and Mr. Taverner, spoke at the Navy League Tra falgar Day banquet. Sir Geo. Reid proposed "The Immortal Memory of Nelson." The time had come, he said, when Britain ihould be relieved of the burden of the defence of the eastern, western anil ■outhern waters. It was fair and reasonable to ask Britain to defend her own coasts and to take a large share in defending Imperial trade. He detailed the condition of the Australian army and navy, and said that it would be a sad day when the sea called in vain to the British race. THE NEED FOR A FLEET. Melbourne, October 22. Speaking at the Trafalgar Day celebrations, Mr. Pearce urged the neces»ity for the Mother Country and the Dominions acting together. With this object, the Federal Government was looking to New Zealand, asking her to join and make the fleet unit in the Pacific stronger and larger.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 133, 23 October 1912, Page 5
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172TRAFALGAR DAY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 133, 23 October 1912, Page 5
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