THE NAVY LEAGUE.

Evening Star, Issue 14632, 31 July 1911, Page 8

THE NAVY LEAGUE.

p'iilfce'BMJathly meeting of the executive of |Pw.;OtogO Branch of the Navy League was Messrs- J. A. Johnstone (in the v -'jlypit>. IL Chnhohu, J. Jeffory. F.Waitc, \" W- D Stewart. \V. F. Edmond. C. C. Graham, t ,v I*. Goyen, T t O. Bridjremao, P. K-. Sanrocd, L Wcodhomc, and Hiss Jlarchant. .&']»« Secretary reputed that the sum of £m- 12s 6(t had been received siucc the List, noting (Jtmc ?.0). and that six new members h*B been added to the roll. . (fIW resolution in re tvauinj.' en the Himster " doling the present session of Parliament to lw'M'tf* him the need that exists fcr rn'arpf- " jug the facilities for iho naval tramiiis ft 1h ? youth of the Dominion ha- betn ai>i>ro\ed ' fey the .Wellington Branch and Mr t «. pnWr ftbe hon. secretary) 1-t-s conscir.ci.. m conjunction with the Otago Bnoid) >cvre;ary, t»> make the necessary arrangement-,. -TbirtT-sevcn *et<s it the following illu*ir»t:d " books have been ten., to s.-hool iiranrh-s:-Barrett* ' Adw.iaN. Stouthey"* 'Nelson.' ' Nelson'- I.»*t n.-hii-psigß,'''H-Storv of the Navy fr£n> the Latltcit Times* ('The Nelson Navy Book'). Appreciative thanks for these have been received ' from school corcnrittcES, head masters, and lady principals. . . The subject selected for the Fcnwiek Shield Wtsav bv the sub-committee i* " The Influence ot the ~ Sea on the National Character, as Illustrated by the History of the Br tish Race * . -It was reported tbat Mr Andrew fcpance. of ' Wellrc'on had undertaken tn jud<rc all the i&a\s"this ve.ir. end that Mr F Milner /Ator of the"Waitafci Boys' High School. 1 art ftuVcd to deliver hj lecture in Oainaru, under tile auspices of the league, tor the _ special twnt-tit of the pupils of the three Oainaru prima tv schools. .-Nineteen hundred Navy League shod supplements have been distributed among the tnbyfll branches. ,1-1 ■Slides have been lent to Mr J. A * 'V i:l >' teawvers Bar), Mr J. K. Made (Balclutha), Rev 'Mr Harvev (Gore), Mr F. Miluer (Waitakij. and Mr "F. Wake (Mernington), eae.i of whom has divert an address on the Navy ar.d the Empire. - The secretarr doting the month gave lantern lectures at the High Street, Forbury, Maori Hill tin the Borough Council Chambers), Kaikorai. and Kensington School?. xlt was decided to agree to a proposal to hold a Dominion conference. conditiona.lv upon its twins held in Wellington.