LORD JELLICOE.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1919, Page 4

LORD JELLICOE.

FINE RECEPTION AT DUNEDIN. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. Lord Jellieoe was accorded a civic reception in. the Kensington Drill Hall to-day, and was given an enthusiastic welcome. The Mayor presided, and welcomed Lord Jellieoe on behalf of the city. Addresses of welcome were also given by Mr. Tapley, chairman of the Harbor Board, and Mr. Johnstone, president of the Otago branch of the . Navy League. All the speakers paid a Wgh tribute to the valuable services of the Navy and the excellent work performed by their guest.

In reply, Lord Jellicoe said the, audience before him, numbering considerably over 6000, was the largest he had faced since leaving England. After paying a tribute to the services of the Armyj Lord expressed the deep regret of the at the death of Lord Beresford, whom he described as a typical leader of men.' Referring to the shortcomings of the Navy before the war, he said the principal weakness, apart from the question of submarine warfare, was in the direction of cruisers and destroyers. Probably the reason for the shortage in these essentials was the great tendency bl.everybody to thing in terms of Dreadnoughts alone. The shortage of crniem-ifa the early stages of the war resulted in very considerable losses to trade. The supply of destroyers had never been sufficient during the war.

Subsequently Lord Jellicoe addmSed a gathering of senior school children belonging to the Navy League, and to-night he attended a boxing tournament, in which some seamen from the New Zealand were engaged. ■']