ARMAMENTS AND MEN.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 180, 15 July 1912, Page 5

ARMAMENTS AND MEN.

BRITISH NAVAL MANOEUVRES. THE LARGEST THE WORLD HAS . EVER SEEN. j [PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYKIGHT.] T London. July IX , The largest naval manoeuvres ever held in British waters have be- -j gun, 320 vessels and 22 Adnrirale" | ; being engaged. MEDITERRANEAN POLICY. CH U RCHILL’S IN CON SISTENC¥L t "| London. July IX The newspaper “Nation” Mr. Churchill's anticipation that fiw new battleships will be stationed afc y Malta, though he lately that the present position wa* adequate for the Empire’s policy. u'fll DEFENCE COMMITTEE v. MOT- -K ISTERS. j — '3 (Reieived 15. 8.50 a.m.) t*-’, London, July 14., Capt. Faber. M.P.. asserted when Ministers returned from they intended to abandon the tertanean. but after a severe atnfto gle the Defence Committee rd :n inducing them to reverse intention. _ ' He believed the Canadian would be seven million dollars other year. ' »11|| SOUTH AFRIC A’S NAVAL POLICY. hgl (Received 15. 8.50 a.ra.) London. Jalr icf Sir David Graaf. South Minister of Public Works and and Telegraphs. interviewed jSH Southampton regarding naval aawM ters said that South Africa SWhS anxious and willing to take IM* share of the responsibilities of nl|l Empire. ;&■ ROYAL FLYING CORPS. -3jM THE LATE CAPTAIN LOBAJKJgKffI IDEALS. (WH (Received 15. 8.50 a.m.) London, July 14. Lady Loraine, desiring to see fulfilmr-nt of the ideals of her taaKS son (Uaptaia Loraine, . who, Sergeant-Major Wilson, was on July sth whilst aeroplaaii4EjM| Stonchange). is urging the raising not only of national, bpfc Empire fund gift to the Crown place the Royal Flying Corp* Qttjai permanently sound financial baain- I wM REMARKABLE RIFLE SHOOTING."' “7 ' GREAT SCORES AT 1900 YARM§| (Received 15, 8.50 London. July At Bisley, shooting in the Ki*!n9 Norton competition, Corporal iMSM timer (of Canada) and Henry fMM Ulster) both scored 73 out of taUM possible 75 at 1200 yards, being «|| world’s record. Mortimer won. i the shoot-off. FRENCH CRUISER STRIKES Mo WRECK. .gj (Received 15. 8.50 a.m.) Tokio. July HL. The French cruiser Kleber atrudtbg a submerged wreck that knockedS hole in her amidships. She towed into Kobe. CANADIANS. CONFER WITH . ~4 ’ » DEFENCE COMMITTEE.. (Received 15. 10.40 a.m.) London. .July It' -fj The Canadian Ministers hava 4 0&|| conferred with the Defence Commits. tee, and the progress made is de- ¥ scribed as satisfactory.*. ' Their Majesties gave a luncheon s to Mr. and Mrs. Borden and othacyS Canadians at Buckingham Palaee.,'.‘j Mr. Asquith and other Ministers and Lord Strathcona were present. * COMPULSORY TRAINING. . j OPTIMISTIC COLONEL. (Received 15. 19.30 a.m.) ? Sydney, July 15. ’-3 Colonel Waliack. military commandant of New South Wales, de--->s ciarcs that compulsory training will ” he one of the biggest successes the ... world has ever seen.