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AUSTRALIAN NAVAL
RESERVE
INSPECTED BY THE KING.
LONDON, Monday.
Prior to their departure for australfa,
the Australian nu;al n?seramen
were brought from Portsmouth I
to I/Diidon, and enttruined by the |
Admiralty at luncheon.
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The -bluejackets paraded the garden |
at Buckingham Pala<-c before the i
KQueen, and rriiiL-e of Wal'
Others present wur* Admiral Sir tViJmot
Fawkes, latu Coinuiander-iu-'Chief
ot the Australian naval slaucn; Lt>r<l
Crewe, Secretary of State for tbe Colonies,
Lord Ncrtheote, ts OovLrnor-
Gcaeral of Australia; Colonel Foxion,
Commonv.'cakh dek-gati- to the Defence
Conference; and Captain It. M.
Collins, Commonwealth rcprcFciitatiye
In England
The King closely inspected tlie men
and addressed them in a pleusant
speech, in which he hoped tLat the
experience thc-y had would
prove tbe s^ed of a fruitful dovelopmcnt
In naval trainiag in the colon-
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