DEATH OF BLUEJACKETS.
WIDE SYMPATHY. , , (BY TEtEORAPnr*BESS.ASSOCIATjION—COPXBIGHT J ' - : Lortdony January 6. . ■ : To-day's Lqndon. newspapers liavo, sym- ! ipathetio 'comments on the' collision in Sydi .noy.'Ha'rbouf wh'joh resulted'in' the/death of \ fifteen bluejackets. . ... i Sydney, January 7. ■ ! Among the numerous..cablegrams of sym- ' pathy and condolence .-reftivod-by .Captain r !Fyler of ; tho ; from .New [ 'iZealaiid/ including from Sir/Joseph " 'Ward, Vioe-Admiral-Sir;Richard Poore* and . the officers and men of the . warships iii New i Zealand waters.. ' . ! NEW.ZEALAND'S SYMPATHY. ~ ■ Sir Joseph \yard (Prime Minister) _cabled, through the Governor, to Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Poore;'expressing the regret and sympathy of the people or Now Zealand in the sad dissstor which overtook' fifteen brave men of H.M.S. Encounter. The Admiral cabled' yesterday : in reply;— "I gratefully : acknowledge the kind expression of the sympathy of yourself, tho Government,'and tho. people of tho Dominion. I .shall,have pleasure in: oommunicating . it to tho.offioers and men of the Encounter."
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 400, 8 January 1909, Page 5
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