THE NAVY'S GRATITUDE.
Can I, dare I, say again how grateful, how full of solemn satisfaction are the men of the navy that to them should have been accorded the high privilege of first saluting their beloved Sovereign's last dwelling-place on its way home. Delicate ground, I know; but still one may reverently tread thereon. The. men of her late Alajesty's fleet all feel that at last the cold shade unintentionaly cast over the navy has been brushed aside, that even m her last moments their beloved mistress remembered them, and willed that they should be her chief mourners, her great guard of honor. And as they looked at the assembled warships. of other Powers met .to do honor to one- so worthy, a feeling of brotherhood would make itself felt, a desire that as m the presence.of so good and great a monarch going to her rest all feelings save those of fellowship passed completely away, so m the near future they might not only be drawn nearer, but kept hearer together m the bond of universal peace. And thus sweetly passed Vistoria to her well-earned rest, the rest that remaineth for the people of God.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9098, 16 March 1901, Page 5 (Supplement)
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197THE NAVY'S GRATITUDE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9098, 16 March 1901, Page 5 (Supplement)
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