OUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIII, Issue XXIV, 10 December 1904, Page 21

OUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

NAVY LEAGUE DINNEK IN LONDON. Mr H. F. Wyatt, who has recently returned Home from an oversea mission to the British possessions in connection with the Navy League, was entertained by the League on October 21 last at a banquet at the Trocadero, London, and a large company was present, under the presidency of Mr H. Seymour Trower, in honour of the occasion. The toast, “United Empire,” was proposed by the Agent-General tfor New Zealand, who said that the supreme link of the Empire was sentiment, and as long as that remained no amount of dawdling and blundering, official or otherwise, would affect the unity of the Empire. Mr 11. F. Wyatt, replying, said he wished to express his gratitude to many eminent men in the colonies who had assisted him during his peregrinations and had adhered to the objects and aims of the Navy League. It had to be proved to the colonies that they were dependent upon the power of the sea. The shadow of the Monroe Doctrine was over Canada, and it was his business to point out there that the Monroe Doctrine itself rested on the command of the sea. The same principle of sea power applied as strongly to Australia, which, if that command were lost, would be broken up into separate States, and to New Zealand, where he found u very keen appreciation of the importance of the British Navy. He trusted that the principles of the Navy League, which he had dona what he could to make known throughout the Empire, would help to consolidate and maintain it. FARMING AT WAINGARO. Waingaro is a flourishing district some 17 miles west of Ngaruawahia, which is its nearest railway station. Lt includes some very good land, part icularly for grazing, and every year sees more acres of the bush land laid down in grass. Many of the people who have settled in this favoured locality are offshoots of well-to-do Auckland families, and although they are so far away from town, they manage to make life most agreeable. Well-known names in the distrust are those of Messrs Bull, Seavil, Upton, McMillan, Stevenson, Allen and others. The photographs we give in this issue were taken on Mr Harold Bull’s place by Mr Allen, and they give a good idea of life on a Waingaro farm. The settlers have a very live polo club, whose members always give a creditable account of themselves when the tournaments are held. Apart from its importance as a rising sheep and cattle district, Waingaro is also becoming known as the locality of some very good hot springs, which are very popular with those who have tried them.