LINKS OF EMPIRE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22068, 26 September 1933, Page 8

LINKS OF EMPIRE

VALUE OF CO-OPERATION AUSTRALIAN NAVAL VISIT. (Peg United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, September 25. "I think that the relations between our two Dominions and the Mother Country in regard to naval matters are an example of Empire co-operation which might well serve as a guide in any efforts to strengthen the link which binds together peoples with the common ideals constituting the British Commonwealth of Nations." This was an expression of opinion given by Rearadmiral R. C. Dalglish at a luncheon tendered to him by the New Zelaand Club this afternoon. " Ignorance and a lack of understanding," said Rear-admiral Dalglish, "are the only dangers in the path of perfect co-operation. One might therefore well repeat to-day the advice on British citizenship given by Mr Stanley Baldwin in his Empire'Day speech a few years a <ro —'Know your own Empire.' And so our cruise in these waters has provided a number of us with an opportunity of visiting New Zealand for the first time and has helped us to know New Zealand. In addition to meeting, your own people, it has allowed my officers and men to meet the New Zealand division at naval exercises, competitive games, and in recreation. All are for our mutual benefit, and my officers and I are much impressed by the efficiency and keenness of the New Zealand Division.