A LINK OF EMPIRE.
I ARRIVAL OF THE CHATHAM. rtOVERXiiR GENERALS MESSAGE, i I Un the occasion of the arrival in New ( Zealand of II.M-s. Chatham, hi- Excel- j | lency. tiie tlovernor-General. has fori warded the following telegraphic message ito the Secretary of State for the . 'Colonies: — t "On behali of the Coverninent and , people of New Zealand. 1 wi.,h. to express , ! the pleasure with which the arrival of i ' H.M.S. Chatham yesterday was welcomed. (The people of the Dominion feel that, i 1 the presence of this ship in New Zealand 1 I waters creates a fresh link of Empire. . |and is a sign of future close i-o-op-ration ■ 1 between the Government of New Zealand 1 and the Admiralty as well as of tiie fact ' J thai the ships guarding the interests of ■ ' the Empire in all part- of the world, even 1 if acting under local authority, cun-ti--Itute one force under one flag.— iSigned i : I.TELLICOF.."
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 24, 28 January 1921, Page 5
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158A LINK OF EMPIRE. Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 24, 28 January 1921, Page 5
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