BRITAIN IN THE PACIFIC.
In ibe course of an article on "Aus? tralia as a Maritime 'Power," in. the Sydney 'Daily Telegraph, Mr Dugald Thomson, an ex-Federali Minister, says: "Great Britain is leaving more and more in the Pacific to Australasia. New Zealand recognises the responsibility thus involved much more than does Australia. She has accepted control of certain Pacific Islands, and is likely to shortly add others. She has established steamer communication with and between those islands, also with the Fiji and other 'groups', and has lately taken from Australia the direct connection with Canada. All' praise to New Zealand, with her comparatively small' population, for the bold bid she is making for the maritime supremacy of the Pacific. Her rulers seem' to appreciate, the fact that, of the nation® which face the wide oceans, those are the greatest in. their inhere who possess a powerful mercantile marine which will develop their commeroe in times of peace, ancl sustain it in the dark hours of war.'*
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10465, 1 November 1911, Page 4
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167BRITAIN IN THE PACIFIC. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10465, 1 November 1911, Page 4
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