The Haileyburian (1912-1957), 2 Jul 1936, p. 6

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ooo a aa a REA ee i Bice 3 THE HAILLEYBURIAN ; ' THURSDAY, JULY _2nd,_1936 =) 3 N Pi d e », Late News Pictures an artoons .*. Brig spol Jos ee AUSTRALIAN NAVY PUTS ON EXTENSIVE MANOEUVRES AT JERVIS BAY : VIMY OF TODAY READY TO WELCOME CANADIAN VETERANS During the extensive naval manoeuvres by the Australian navy at Jervis Bay, New South Wales, the destroyer "Anzac" was destroyed by gunfire. This picture, taken with a long focus lens, shows a salvo from the flagship, H.M.A.S. "Canberra" straddling the H.M.A.S. "Anzac." SULTAN OF MOROCCO CONSECRATES NEW MOSQUE <n ge g When the Canadians who fought at Vimy during the World War return to the scene of their This picture, taken at Casablanca, Morocco, shows His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco at the former activities fer the unveiling of the Canadian War Memorial at Vimy Ridge on July 26th, head of the procession proceeding to consecrate the new mosque "Sidi Mohamed," considered they will find a new and entirely differeat town giving them welcome, Since those dark days in the most beautiful in North Africa. a ; : : é uy 1915-1918, the industrious French people have completely rebuilt the town, and except for spe- FANCIFUL FABLES ' cial exhibits, graves, and memorials, the average traveller could not tell there had been a war. These pictures show Vimy as it is today. At the top is a general view of the town with the Canadian War Memorial visible on the brow of the ridge. At the lower left is the new church, while at the right is the Town Hall. BRITISH NAVAL STRATEGISTS CONSIDER LONG ROUTE TO INDIA "SUST As YOU WERE GLOATING O QUIBTING THE CUCKo0 CLoc | Goss (NTo VOCAL AcTion . R YOUR SUCCESS /A) KL "THE PSRRor IRS _ The far-reaching defence programme of Great Britain is of great importance to South Africa. Italy's reinforced foothold in Africa has made the Mediterranean route to India and Egypt--the "lifeline of the Empire"--untenable from a point of view of naval strategy, and in consequence England is fortifying an alternate route by way of the Cape of Good Hope. The key point " ; " : ' ' of this line is Cape Town, and Britain may build there a naval station greater than at Singapore. Plans call for fortification of "May I use your phone? My wife told me to ask for a Robben Island; expansion of the present base at Simonstown; conversion of Saldanha Bay into a seaplane base; and expansi raise, but she forgot how much!" --MacLean's -- of Por Louis, Island of Mauritius, the only naval base on Africa's east coast. é Pact. i J eae : i ta a ee S SY: at eco S ' : Eee w o me She

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