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(Per Press Associetibn—Copyright). (Received December 17, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, December 16. I The Navy League gave a luncheon to Captain Halsey and the . officers of H.M.S. New Zealand at the Hotel j Cecil. Mr R. A. Yerburgh, M.P., pre- ! sided, and the Duke of Norfolk and Lords Halsbury, Sydenham, and [Blyth, and Admirals Fremantle and J Moore were present. Mr Churchill said that New Zealand's gift at a serious crisis was one of f .the greatest acts of far-seeing imagination any modern State could claim i credit for; in some respects it might i be considered as an example and forerunner. <Mr Cnurchill also paid a;triI bute to(Australia's sacrifice and exer-l-'tionfl. ■'. • . ' '■'■"■' ". : ■''" .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8743, 17 December 1913, Page 5
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