Manoeuvres to be Carried Out in Australian Waters At an important meeting of the Imperial Conference recently held many questions connected with the naval defence of the Empire were considered. - Those present included General Mulcahy, representing the Irish Free State, who was accompanied by General MéMahon, Chief of the Staff, and several officers of the Free State Forces.
Mr. Baldwin presided. The opening statement was made by Mr. Amery, First Lord of the Admiralty, aid questions were answered by Earl Beatty, First Sea Lord.
No information was available as to the nature of the discussion but one announcement of considerable importance was mede. Tt was to the effect that the Board of Admiralty, with the approval of the Government, is preparing to send a powerful squadron of shins of war on an Empire tour.
The squadron will consist of the two most powerful battleships we possess. the Hood and the Repulse, and a number of light cruisers and smaller craft.
It is hoped that the squadron will be able to leave Plymouth or Portsmouth on some date in November.
It will proceed down the West Coast of Africa, and call at Capetown. From there it will go up along the East African coast, calling at or off British ports. Thence to Singapore and. Australia.
From Australia the squadron, after visiting New Zealand, will voyage across the Pacific Ocean, pre ably calling at Fiji or Sa-mea, and staying at Vancouver, British Columbia.
This navy miniature will cross from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean by the Panama Canal. Voyaging northwards, it will visit Canadian ports. the church, The burial-ground behind the Foundling Hospi-A strong prejudice (says Timbs) formerly existed against new churchyards, and no person was interred here till the ground was broken for Robert Nelson, author of "Fasts and, Festivals," whose character for piety reconciled others to the spot: people liked to be buried in company—and in good company.
Nancy Dawson, the celebrated hornpipe dancer of Covent Gar: den and Drury Lane Theatres. shares the soi] with Nelson, under a tombstone simply inscribed, "Here lies Nancy Dawson"
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