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Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15075, 19 May 1919, Page 2

Flags! Flags! AT WHOLESALE PRICES. FOR PEACE CELEBRATIONS. The universal celebration of Peace will be the greatest event that has ever taken place in the history of the world. All people will celebrate right royally the closing of dark and dreadful days and the ushering in of A NEW ERA FOR MANKIND. * lags 4s, 6s, 9s, 12s, 18s, 30s per dozen (on sticks). A. special (discount of 4s in £ for country schools, etc. ORDER MOW—Don't wait till our stocks are exhausted—OßDEß NOW. On the Peace Days a hearty welcome is given to aU Country Residents to make "Novelties" their headquarters whilst in town. We shall be open every morning to supply your needs. "Novelties," HARDY AND BRSDGE STREETS, NELSON. THE NAVY LEAGUE •T^HE LEAGUE, since the beginning ■ ■*■ of the War, has devoted itself wholeheartedly to the support of the Government, and has refrained from criticism which might embarrass the Admiralty. It is its intention to adhere to this policy during the continuance of the struggle. The League records its profound appreciation of the loyalty and co-oper-ation of all its branches at Home and Overseas, and acknowledges with gratitude the receipt of many large sums of money towards the relief of dependents of Seamen of the Royal Navy and Mercantile Marine who have laid down their lives for King and Country. The League appeals to every British subject for continued confidence in, and support of, our SEA SERVICES, ' which, in the fulfilment of the task entrusted to them, will prove the determining factor in dictating terms of peace and liberating mankind from the aggression of Prussian Caesarism. The Navy League has decided that its future policy shall be directed towards the achievement of the following! objects:— 1. The dissemination among the peoples of the Empire and British subjects in all parts of the world, of exact knowledge upon the pro- j vision and use of Sea Power asthe keystone of British National and Imperial Policy. 2. The advocacy of an all-powerful Navy, Air Force and Mercantile Marine as the factors essential for the security of the Entire and the restoration of Britain to her rightful position as Mistress of the Seas. ■.: •■;.•■ . 3. The immediate reconstruction of our Mercantile tonnage to at least the pre-War standard before any foreign orders for the building of merchant ships are executed, and the demand that there shall be no transfer of British shipping to foreign owners or Flags until British mercantile supremacy shall have , been restored. 4. The application of steady pressure uptfn Parliament and the Government, through the education of public opinion, for closer co-ordin-ation between the Royal' Navy and the Mercantile Marine with a view to the exigencies of War. 5. The support of all just claims of officers and men of the Royal Navy with regard to pay, pensions ana Prize Money. 6. The stimulation of interest among the teachers and children of all classes of schools in the Empire, in the Sea and Air , Services as dominant factors in Imperial existence and prosperity. 7. The extension of the Boys' Naval Brigade Movement and. the establishment of proper training institutions with a viftw to the preparation of boys for a sea career whenever possib'3, for the elimination of alien? from the British Mercantile Marine. 8. The administration of the funds provided at the instance of the League at Home and Overseas for the relief of the dependents of the men of the Sea Services, who have lost their lives in the War, and for the education and apprenticeship of their children. The Navy League appeals for support for this programme. . , Signed on behalf of the""- Executive Committee, BUCCLEUGH, President. NEIS&SI gave us the 0881MAIBD of the SEA dwer one hundred years ago. &re we going to keep it ? > The Navy league.-. The League is a strictly non-party organisation, whose object is to urge upon the Government ana the electorate the paramount importance of an adequate Navy as the best guarantee of peace. Its agencies are employed in inculcating in the people a knowledge of the supreme importance of the Navy as a protection from invasion, as a means whereby the food, the industries and the floating commerce of the country arc safeguarded, and the necessary bond and protector of the Empire. . . "THE NAVY" is the Organ of the Navy League. It appears on ths .first'of each month. 'Annually s. ci Members, with publications posfc free, not less than ... ... 10 C '.Associates, with "The Quarterly/ post free ... 5. C :>nd upwards 11. it. DUNCAN. rioii. iv-c. "HFUE COLONIST" may be vbUm^ •*■ oaily from Mvs.1 Jo^k" Store. Tnl-.nas.. . JBON9, FtSfftSY HO.,