IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
A naval officer if ha livws long enough eujovs two onn Jur ing whion be can't talk, and one during which be can, though whether when his tongue is loosened on half pay bo always regains the full power of speech ia a matter of speculation. Admiral Fitzgerald is one of tnose officers who, like volcanoes, only gain strength from long years or ioaotivity; in other words they • bottle up their opinions during the long years or service and then when freed from restrain!,, become explosive and the ceutre of general observation. A veteran of the Baltic and Egypt he has sirong idegp about the colonies. llis latest piece of advioe is in respect of the Austral asian subsidy—return it, and let the colonies build a navy af their o"va'and depend on their loyalty to support the Mother Country. Seeing what a good bargain the colonies have made by this agreement and the bad one they would make if they had to pay the full cost of an adequate sea aofenoß it is much to be feared that the Admiral is talking more <n favour of the Homeland than of the possessions.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8172, 3 July 1906, Page 3
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196IN THE PUBLIC EYE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8172, 3 July 1906, Page 3
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