ADMIRAL HARPER AT ST. ANDREW'S COLLEGE
A plea to the boys of St. Andrew's College to view the! navy in right perspective as a peace organism was made by Vice-Admiral J. E. T. Harper yes* terday afternoOn. Thfe headmaster, Mr J. B.' MaWson, introduced the AcU rniral ai a distinguished officer, and more, as a distinguished , New Zealander. Those .people who would have the ‘ navy abolished for the sake of peace Wfere obviously not thinking people, the Admiral said. Admittedly War WaS not Wanted. Nor was crime; but nobody had yet advanced a theory that crime, whtild disappear with the abolition of the police force. The peacetime Work of the navy, the duel* ling of insurrections, the putting down ol dahgeroUs traffic was what made it Ip grdat a force. “ , , .
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21708, 15 February 1936, Page 11
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