EMPIRE DAY
CELEBRATIONS IN SYDNEY
SPEECH BY SIR JOSEPH WARD.
(Received Last Night, 9.5 o'clock.)
SYDNEY, May 24. Rlam is inoeesant, and the soaking .spoiled the outdoor Empire brations. Ths^bulkof the schools held indoor demonstrations of the usual patriotic description.
ATng and enthusiastic gathering was present at the Royal Exchange, which %as apprtfpriatoly decorated, \ the cathedral choir providing patriotic anthems iand songs. The - feature' of the gathering were the speeches by Admiral King-Hall and Sir Joseph"Ward; The Admiral Said that the control of the sea highways was absolutely nec.osSary: if oiir pendence. This applied Australia .■«is we4l^^^^; , |«ast' i 6f-.the? Hje :cwM ever that-. no other policy was possible than the ' present iAastrajiaii naval ' policy in view of the growing national feeling in Australia. • I
■ Sir Joseph Ward said tthatthe position of the British' Empire was remarkable. No past Empire had &o exemplified a family relationship between the mother nation and a galaxy of young nations like it. The solidarity and impregnability of the Empire was the goal for which all were workThe British navy must be iai an unquestionable state of efficiency and [ power, if the peace of.the World was to he insured. Ho believed that the people, of the'overseas should look for- ( ward to a great Imperial Parliament where the/Dominions would be represented, and the prime duty of which j would'bo to controllmperial defence, lahd^lhe'creatSdri'&nd'maintenance of a great Imperial navy to. guard every pqriio#sf the Empire! :c
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10643, 25 May 1912, Page 5
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239EMPIRE DAY Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10643, 25 May 1912, Page 5
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