H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 18 December 1913, Page 5

H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND.

INTERESTING SPEECHES

BY OABLB—PBIBB ASSOCIATION—COFJTBIQB*"

LONDON, Dec. 16

Admiral Prince Louis -of Battenburg, the City of London sheriffs and wardens/ and:the masters of several London^' companies, and many prominent New Zealanders assembled in the Connaught rooms, where the Hon. T. Macrkenzie bade Captain Halsey and the officers and crew of H.M.S. New Zealand welcome home,. He eulogised their work. During the tour the officers were made members of 150 clubs, and they attended 75 dances. A more serious* side of the voyage, he said, was that like Drake, Captain Halsey circumnavigated the globe. But Captain Halsey's voyage was a mission of peace and goodwill to the peoples overseas. The Dominions disliked the idea ot militarism, but felt that they must take their share of Imperial responsibility,.