NEW BATTLESHIP WANTED.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1919, Page 10

NEW BATTLESHIP WANTED.

"XKW ZKALAND niWOLF.TK." A homely appeal for the niaiufeiuincf of naval supremacy and the oif. 'if a second battleship wns made la-! wve!.- by Hid chief boats.vjiiii <»' iI.M.N. \ew '/.-aland. He fo:;ii.[ himself re,;..>u !" .-: to llic very heart;.- welcome ( ,f a s;i i], ; .,im; of typical country folk at Oxford, and hi> declared with obvious .'-.iii.-i'rity Unit every man of the hattlc.--.liJp was quite nt home in Kow Zealand, wheth.-r it he city, town, vi'luae. or "hamlet. Vhc ] ( >- eeption (hey hud met would go down with them to the gAive. "I am poitnr to do a Salvation .->nnv turn/' the boat-wain added. ;no:;it'.in.v ;i chair in tite familiar -style of :. :;i.;n ahont to appeal for a collection, jle declared very simply that he wa•; ready to do what little he could to st cn/thcii Lord Jellicoe's,arm in the Matter of Empire defence. Very emphatically hj? assured his audience that H.M.B. Ne.v Zealand was obsolete, although the men of the bulldog breed were'the riejit ntuff. "We want a new ship, (o he culled the Xew Zealand/' he said. 'lt trices yon smile, but 1 mean it in all sincerity." "Tell them you want a new Hood/' a messmate remarked. "They wouldn't understand, that at first," the boatswain answered "But that is what we want) The Mood is .lie latest battle-eruiser, not. completed yet but costing something like four million pounds. She is a magnificent sh'p, and if you ever get the opportunity, go ai;d see her, no matter where you live, if -vou h_av9 to go by airship." * J