THE EMPIRE.
SPEECH BY THE EARL OF DUDLEY. VALUE OF YACHTINC. DEFENCE .FORCES OF THE EMPIRE. (11l TELEdBAra—MESS ABSOCIATION-COrrIUOIIT.) Melbourne, February 8. ,The Governor-Gonernl of Australia, ■. tho Earl of Dudley, speaking at a yachting luncheon, referred to the value of the pastime of yachting and tho need for keeping alive, a love .for the sea. His /Excellency' Baid he .hoped to see a larger number of Australians wearing tho British naval uniform, not with the identical button, worn by the people, who walk about Portsmouth, but a uniform which would be regarded as the King's uniform, and that they would bo part of' the general defence forces : of tho Empire. He would liko to see absolute equality in all the services of tho Crown between all British citizens, wherever born. Ho did not believe wo would ever got. a complete idea of; Empire until that was accomplished.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 427, 9 February 1909, Page 7
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147THE EMPIRE. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 427, 9 February 1909, Page 7
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