NAVAL GOLIATHS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 154, 1 July 1937, Page 7

NAVAL GOLIATHS.

Latest British Battleships'

Armour.

HEAVIEST IN THE WORLD

(Received 9.30 a.m.)

LONDON, June 30.

Mr. Hector C. Bvwater, writing in the "Daily Telegraph," says that the five new British battleships are the best protected in the world. They are designed to withstand the heaviest gun, bomb and torpedo attacks. Their armour accounts for 40 per cent of the displacement.

Their speed, 30 knots an hour, compares with the Queen Elizabeth's 25. Thus the ships combine great fighting power with the battle-cruiser's speed.

KING INVESTED.

MASONIC FUNCTION,

(Received 1.30 p.m.) LONDON", June 30. Nine thousand brethren, including visitors from all parts of the Empire, enthusiastically welcomed King George when he attended a special meeting of the United Grand Lodge of English Freemasons for investiture as Past Grand Master. It was the first time a ■ King had been present at a Masonic meeting. j The King, after his investiture, was placed on the throne and thanked the brethren. "It will always be a great pleasure to me to work on behalf of j such a cause," he said. < j FINANCIAL SURPLUS. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUDGET. (Received 10.30 a.in.) j ADELAIDE, this day. ! When the financial year closed last niglit, South Australian Budget figures showed a surplus of £139,000. This is the third year in succession on which a . surplus has been shown.

ITALIAN DECISION.

NO RADIO ADVERTISING.

(Received 9.30 a.m.)

ROME, June 30.

It is officially announced that adver tisements will be barred in Italian broad