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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 80, 1 October 1921, Page 6

.Speaking at the civic reception at Auckland, Mr. Massey said that after .the Armistice Britain led the way to ■ disarmament. She scrapped scores of ■exceedingly useful ships, and reduced the personnel of the British Navy from over 500,000 till it was now 140,000. That proved her desire for peace, but .her dt*sire' was not followed by^. any other nation, unfortunately, because if it had been there would have been no difficulty, at. all. For the first time in a hundred years there was not a British warship on the stocks. The Imperial Conference1 had approved of the provision of four up-to-date warships as a work of necessity, because they could not afford to take any risks. ' "Our very existence," he said, "as 'a British nation, the existence of Australia as a'British nation, depends upon the Empire being able to protect us dn time of necessity."

The annual meeting of the Evans Bay Swimming, Club is to be held, on Tuesday next. The balance-sheet shows the club to be in a very strong financial position..

. The ■ annual meeting' of the Young Women's.. Christian Association will be held in'the Administrative Building, Boul-cott-strebt .■ on Monday evening. The Mayor (Mr. R, A. Wright, "M.P.). will be in tho chair. Subscribers and all intereEted in the a-ssociation are invited to attend the nicotine. ■