IMPORTANCE OF NAVY
DEFENCE OF EMPIRE TERRITORIAL TRAINING SUPPORTED (From Our Parliamentary Reporter) WELLINGTON, October 27. “If the British Navy is swept from the seas then the British Empire can say ‘Goodnight, nurse’,” said Mr W. P. Endean (Nat., Parnell) in speaking in the second reading debate on the Army Board Bill in the House of Representatives tonight. “The member for Lyttelton (Mr T. H. McCombs) said that territorial training did no good in the last war,” Mr Endean continued. “I do not think any moi£ inaccurate statement could possibly be made. We had a Wonderful territorial organization here when ‘he war broke out and as a result we were able to mobilize a whole division in a short space of time. I suppose Mr McCombs and possibly other young members of the House belong to that smart intelligentsia that has sprung up since the war and would not assist New Zealand in a crisis.” Mr Speaker (the Hon. W. i. Barnard): Order! Order! Reference had been made to the need for co-operation among the three services, Mr Endean said, and there was no doubtin ’ the necessity of that. Certainly New Zealand should give careful attention to all of the three services, but the fact remained that the British Navy was the first line of defence and always would be. The public must be educated to realize its obligation to the Empire and he thought the Government should take every opportunity by propaganda and other methods to mould public opinion so that there would be a healthy desire in the country to help the Government in the problem of defence.
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Southland Times, Issue 23342, 28 October 1937, Page 6
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