H.M.A.S. MELBOURNE.
RECEPTION IN AUCKLAND. THE POTENCY OF ANZAC. By Telegraph.—Press Associatloa. Auckland, Jan. 25. 'A civic reception was tendered t 4 Admiral Dumaresque and the officers a H.M.A.S. Melbourne to-day. Replying to the mayor’s speech a welcome Admiral Dumaresque said than he had no political or naval mandate except to convey to the people of New Zealand the good will of the Commonwealth. The naval position as betwees Australia and New Zealand in th< Pacific could be summed up in on< word, “Anzac.” That word was going to be the most potent word in conneo tion with the Pacific policy of th future. Unfortunately navies wouh continue to be a necessity because the sea-girt Dominions had made arrangements for their commerce to go to and fro on the seas, otherwise they jeopardised their existence. Statesmen . could not use diplomacy without a minimum of force. A navy was an insurance. The people of New Zealand knell that and acted up to it. t
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 January 1922, Page 5
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163H.M.A.S. MELBOURNE. Taranaki Daily News, 26 January 1922, Page 5
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