VICTORIA RACING CLUB

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19023, 25 May 1936, Page 13

VICTORIA RACING CLUB

GRAND NATIONAL EVENTS HANDICAPS DECLARED (Herd. Mav 25. 3 p.m.) MELBOURNE. May 25. TopweightS and New Zealaiulcrs I'm riie Victoria Racing Club's grand national meeting are as follows : Grand National Hurdles.—Full Charge 11.3, Sixteen Annas 11.2, Pooley Bridge 11.1, Nyeriniilang 10.11. King Colossus 10.3. Revision 9.4, Calydon 9.2. Grand National Steeplechase.—Sixteen Annas U.S. Wirrate and Fulham 11.6 Nyeriniilang and Baanya 11.4. King Colossus 10.9. Calydon and Membo 9.6, Reminder 9.5. Hit the Deck 9.2. BRITAIN'S STRENGTH A second aspect of collective security was raised by tlie fact that it was practically impossible, ill these times for any nation to enjoy security based upon its individual strength. There had been a time when the safety of the British Kmpire had depended upon a strong navy, economic strength, and a certain degree of isolation, all three of which pillars bad disappeared in recent years. Now Britain and her commonwealth were on a looting with other nations, some of which were potentially stronger. To endeavour to exist solely upon hei own force would lead Britain to a position of absurdity. Especially during the next 100 years, while the member nations of the British commonwealth were building up their populations and gaining strength, it was desirable and imperatively necessary that that commonwealth should link up with other nations for the preservation of peace, as against external violence. The- speaker* paid some attention, in his following remarks, to the logical development of a system of dealing with international changes in the future, based upon collective security. He illus tinted his argument., by reference to the "King's peace," under which Britain had been developed from a country ol warring principalities and feudal holdings to a nation of common interests. discarding Barriers within its national boundaries; and declared that with the establishment of collective security by international action, most of the grievances of the present day, which were productive ol" the danger of war, would be automatically removed. CHALLENGE TO THE WORLD Transfers of territory would not prove the fundamental cure for these grievances, for history had shown that it was not territorial distribution which made for national prosperity and advancement. It- was possible to see what required to be done to remove the dangers of war, and while the failure of some nations to see the logic of .the situation during the past six mouths had been discouraging, it had presented n challenge which could not be evadedIf the world failed to meet the challenge, there might occur a war in which a great proportion of the present- generation would be wiped out. If this genera I ion did not SCO the establishment of collective security, il would fall to some future generation to achieve, that success, and it might bo a generation in which Ihe dominant part in world affairs would not be played by The British commonwealth of nations. The speaker closed with an earnest appeal for individual support of the League's policy. Proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Hall for his address. Rotarian F. Wrey Nolan said that ho bad shown the failure of the League, of Nations in the recent crisis to he not nearly so complete as led been imagined. The partial failure mijrfit spur the nations to greater effort, am] result in making the collective action of flic League something that no aggressor would dare to face. "The Leacne is a great influence for peace ru the world to-day," added Rotarian Nolan, ''and we must help the infant to grow to lust" manhood."

Rntarian F. Tolerton presided at the luncheon