OUR NAVAL ADVISER.
COMPLAINS OF MISREPORITNG. DID NOT CRITICISE NEW ZEALAND. By Cable—Press Association-Copyright
Received 19, 1.1 sa.m. . Sydney, June 18. • Captain Hall-Thompson, naval adviser to the New Zealand Government, lias reached Sydney. He denies the statements contained in the Fremantle interview. He declared that in some way the interview had been distorted. It possessed an element of truth, "but I can truthfully say that I never said the word 'chaotic,' nor did I in any way presume to criticise the New Zealand defence policy," he added, as lie had never seen either New Zealand nor any of its Ministers. It was impossible in euch circumstances that he should take up the role of critic at such short notice. He departs for New Zealand on Saturday.
A Fremantle cablegram on June 9 reported Captain. Hall-Thomson as having said, with regard to his duties in New Zealand, that "affairs seemed to be a trifle chaotic. He understood that New Zealand wanted to adopt a naval system something different to that prevailing at present."
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 25, 19 June 1914, Page 5
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172OUR NAVAL ADVISER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 25, 19 June 1914, Page 5
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