BATTLESHIP NEW ZEALAND.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 212, 27 January 1913, Page 5

BATTLESHIP NEW ZEALAND.

INTER F.VL" IN SOITH AFRICA. By Cable- I'-fii A-.;o,'"aa)!:—Copyright. Kiceivtd 2u\ 0.0 p.m. Capetown, January 25. The vi.-it of the battleship Now Zealand is aro;i*i:ig interest in South Africa. It i- h(.rod the vessel will sojourn at Tabic P.av and at Simon's Bay. London. January - i. Admiral May iu-pectol the battlo-'.iip New Zealand.

THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY. THREE KEELS LAID. Received 2G, 5.5 p.m. Sydney, January 20. The dockyard at' Cockatoo Island was yesterday iiandod by the New South Wales Government 'to the Commonwealth, on the understanding that the works will be available for repairing ships belonging to any section of the 'Empire's navy. ' The ceremony of laying three keels of the Australian'navy was also performed. they being the torpedo boat destroyer-. Der'went and Torrens. and the protected cruiser Brisbane.

Mr. Pearoe. Federal Defence Mini-tor. ■aid they were only a small commencement. Critics who dubbed them as the mosquito fleet must remember that the British navy originated in a fleet of galleys. He'believed Australia could develop similarly. He was confident the time was not distant when Australia would be able to build even her Dreadnoughts here.

A STATEMENT DENTED. Received 26. 5.5 p.m. London, January 25. Major Archer Shee denies that Captain Carver, late of H.M.S. Torch, eon fined a man in the refrigerator. He was only confined in the deckhouse, where the machinery was situated. For lighting and ventilation it was superior to any of the officer's cabins.

A REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEE. London, January 24. Mr. Douglas Hall suggested that if overseas Ministers were added, representatives of the Opposition in Parliament should also attend the Defence Committee to enable the decision to represent all parts of the Empire and all parties in the State. The Premier replied that although hitherto it had not been considered advisable, to summon politicians who were not responsible for the conduct of affairs, he .did not think the limitation ■necessarily applied to sub-committees' investigation of particular problems.