NELSON'S FLAGSHIP.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 138, 13 June 1929, Page 9

NELSON'S FLAGSHIP.

Site Suggested For Museum

Buildings.

KING'S PROPOSAL

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LONDON, June 12

Admiral Sir George Hope, has disclosed that on an occasion when visiting Nelson's ship Victory the King made suggestions on the restoration work at present being carried out. The Admiralty, which had agreed _to assist the work from the naval votes, should be given a site for buildings within a stone's throw of the Victory for ths purpose of a museum.

Sir G. Hope declared that all that human ingenuity . could suggest to preserve Nelson's flagship had been done.

FUND EXHAUSTED.

OVER £100,000 SPENT

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BUGBY, June 12.

Admiral Sir George Hope, speaking at the annual meeting of the Society for Nautical Eesearch at the Eoyal United Services institution, said the fund to save the Victory, which was begun in 1922 and had realised £75,000, was now exhausted. Since they had started the work "of restoration and preservation in 1923 more than £100,000 had been spent upon the ship.

"WHY WE LOST."

Churchill Gives Reasons For

Tory Defeat.

NOT COMPLAINING,

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LONDON, June 12.

I Was the slogan, "Safety First," well chosen? asks Mr. Winston Churchill iu an article in "John Bull" entitled "Why We Lost." Winston attributes the defeat of the Conservatives to three causes. Firstly, the natural desire for o change after four an a-half years of steady hut unexciting administration; secondly, the prolonged campaign and the disparagement of the Baldwin Government by the popular Press; and thirdly, the cold-blooded use of the Lloyd George fund, which made the sabotage of many Conservative seats possible, irrespective of the immediate interests of Liberalism. He adds: "I set forth these, not as a complaint or recrimination, but as matters which are indisputable historical fact,"

STOREHOUSE GUTTED.

CINEMA "TALKIES" BURNED

SYDNEY, June 12,

\ destructive fire to-day gutted the m-eater portion of Metcalf's bond and free stores on the harbour front. The damage is estimated at upwards of £100,000. The Fox Film Corporation lost £50 000 worth of cinema film, mostly the latest "talkie" pictures. Other film organisations had smaller losses. Violent explosions occurred when the films caught fire. These made the work of the firemen hazardous. Miscellaneous merchandise was damaged by water. . The origin of the fire, is « mystery.