EMPIRE DEFENCE.

Mataura Ensign, 21 April 1913, Page 5

EMPIRE DEFENCE.

NEW ZEALAND'S PART. r BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. FSB OtaiKD PRKBB ASSOCIATION LONDON, April 18. Hn. T. Mackenzie (High Commisaioaer for New Zealand), Mr H. W. Just (Assistant II nd er-Sacr etary of State for the Colonies), Mr J. C. Wason (Liberal member for Orkney and Shetland, and an ex-member of the New Zealand Parliament) and many New Zesisndors farewelled Hon. James Alien* (New Zealand" Minister for Defence md Finance) at Euston station. Mi Allen stated that he waa satisfied with final interviews with Hon. Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Aflmiralty). He hoped the outcome would be the placing of New Zealand's naval defence on a concrete basis even if the beginnings were small.

SVERSEAS FORCES' EFFICIENCY.

Received A-»ril 21, 8.301 a.m. LONDON, April 20

Colonel Seely (Secretary for War), ioeaking before the Territorial Association at Birmingham said that the orerforces were all advancing in effiei,,ncv with the determination to render ni'litary naval help effective by detheir plans before the hour of danger. '