STABILITY AND PEACE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22900, 1 December 1937, Page 14

STABILITY AND PEACE

UNDER THE UNION JACK FLAG FOR BOYS' COLLEGE ADDRESS BY LORD GALWAY [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] WELLINGTON, Tuesday "This is a splendid gesture on the part of the Navy League," said the Governor-General, Lord Gahvay, when presenting a Union Jack on behalf of tho Navy League to the boys of Weilesley College, in recognition of their eager response to the league's appeal for members. "The flag is our greatest link between the Dominions and the Mother Country," said Lord Gahvay. "On all public buildings, on all great occasions, it flies from the masthead to remind us of our loyalties and responsibilities as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations. In times such as these, when there is general unrest throughout the world, tho one rock of stability is the British Empire, and the Dominions and colonies and dependencies which compose it—the only parts of tho world where true freedom is known. "Thanks to the flag, and to the armed forces for which it stands, wo are able to develop our institutions in the security of peace, and to enjoy such happy conditions as prevail in no place other than under the British flag. I need not remind you that the flag is symbolic also of loyalty to tho Crown, and to the monarch who at present occupies the throne —our good King George VI."