NAVAL MATTERS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 31 July 1911, Page 8

NAVAL MATTERS.

GREAT BRITAIN AND HER

COLONIES

8T CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.

LONDON, July 29

Sir W. Hareourfc has published the naval agreement between Britain and Canada.

Australia and New Zealand provide naval services, each Dominion exclusively under the inspection. of its own Government, with the graining and ■discipline in uniformity with the British Navy.

Dominion ships will:fly the white ensign. The emblem of authority will be the crown, with the specific Dominion's flag at the jack staff, and when in foreign waters Colonial ships shall report to and take orders from the Admiralty. When British and Dominion ships meet the senior officer commands in matters of ceremony and international interoourse.

The Admiralty agrees to lend the Dominions officers* and men as required during the development period, giving preference to those coming from the Dominions.

In war any Dominion ships put at the Imperial Government's disposal shall form an integral part of the British fleet, remaining under the Admiralty, throughout the war.