THE GERMAN NAVY.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8988, 25 November 1907, Page 5

THE GERMAN NAVY.

NUCLEUS OF A THIRD DOUBLE SQUADRON. Received November 24, 4.30 p.m. BERLIN, November 23. The newspaper Kolmsche Volki Zeitung, commenting en the naval estimates, forsees in the supplementary proposals of 1911 the creating of a nucleus for a third double squadron.

AUSTRALIAN HEWS. STEAMERS IN COLLISION. Received November 23, 8-11 p.m. SYDNEY, November 23. The coastal steamers Sphere and Peterborough collided in a fog off Coogee. The Sphere was badiy damaged and was beached. The Peterborough, too, sustained considerable damage. OBITUARY. FATHER OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES HOUSE. SYDNEY, November 23. The death is announced of Mr Clarke, father of the New South Wales House, aged 85. He represented Eden for thirty-three years. RIFLE SHOOTING. MELBOURNE, November 23. At the Rifle Association meeting the King's Prize was won by Raven (Britain"*, with 314 points; Ommundsen (Britain) being second, 309; and Edwards (Sydney) third, 308. The championship aggregate was won by Lake. Adelaide, 579; E'Jwards (Sydney) being second, ,572; and Ommundsen (Britain) third, 571. "BANGING THE DOOR." MR HALDANE'S SPEECH AT SHEFFIELD. MR DEAKIN IN REPLY. MELBOURNE, November 23. With reference to the Right Hon. R. B. Haldane's speech at Sheffield, Mr Deakin. interviewed, paid—"l was greatly surprised that a man of Mr Haldane's eminence and ability j should place such a gloss upon facts and dates. Mr Churchill, six months ago at Edinburgh, had asserted that they had banged the door upon Imperial taxation of food. He (Mr Churchill) declared that they banged it, barred it, and bolted it; that their majority was the largest majority ever seen in the House of Commons; that it had its hack firmly against the door, and that that door would never be opened—not a chink of it would be opened again. He said they would not give one farthing's worth of preference on one single neppercorn. Mr Churchill, in that speech, was speaking for Mr Haldane, and all his other colleagues in the Government. It needs no comment of mine to emphasise how unmistakably and fully Mr Haldane's colleagues have banged the door. Our tariff was not introduced until three months afterwards, and of course in the light of that declaration. So far, however, < from emulating the irreconcilable attitude of Mr Haldane and his colleagues, a feature of our tariff was preference to Great Britain by way of gift, without any return. This was valued at £1,500,000 per annum. The real banging of the door occurred in May, when Mr Churchill spoke at Edinburgh. The of the Joor," Mr Deakin added, "was when we introduced our tariff. That event has now been perverted by Haldane into banging it."

LAWN TENNIS. / ■ NEW SOUTH WALES v. VICTORIA. I i Received November 25, 12.50 a.m. MELBOURNE, November 24. In the inter-State tennis match, New South Wales beat Victoria by 28 sets to 26. Much interest was centred in the meeting of Parker and Rice, of New South Wales, and Fraser and Heath, of Victoria. The Victorian? secured a victory by B—6, B—6. SHIPPING. Receieved November 25, 12.53 a.m. SYDNEY, November 24. Arrived -Patrol, from Wellington. Sailed—Moeraki, 4.30 p.m. yesterday. Alexander Craig, for~Auckland. MELBOURNE, November 24. Arrived —Wan i moo.

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