H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND.
A NATAL GIFT FORBIDDEN
Capetown, Feb. 19. General Botha refused Natal's request to present the battleship New Zealand with 2000 tons of Natal coal, on tho ground that sho was a British unit, and ought not fco receive distinctive treatment, particularly as tho Union Government contributes to tlit Navy.
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Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13655, 21 February 1913, Page 5
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52H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND. Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13655, 21 February 1913, Page 5
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