Jul,Aug-Sep, Nov-Dec 1965-Jan 1966 - Navy League of Australia

NAVY WEEK IN AUSTRALIANavy Week is one week in eachyear when Australians from coastto coast are urged to pay gratefultribute to those who have servedand those now serving Australiaat sea. During this week it is fitand proper that a nation of freemen and women give welldeservedhonour and recognitionto the patriotic and victoriousachievements of its men of thesea. It is the week for Australiansto rededicate themselves to thoseprinciples of freedom and selfgovernmentwhich they cherish.It is a week in which gratefulcitizens should salute their RoyalAustralian Navy and make surethat it is adequate to fulfill itscontribution to our nationalsecurity.In the Royal Australian Navythe month of October has alwaysheld special significance. The 21stcommemorates the 160th anniversaryof the victory of the Battleof Trafalgar. Fought in the Atlantic,off the southern coast ofSpain, it was the last great Navalbattle to be fought under sailalone.Fifty-two years ago. on the 4thOctober, 1913, the Australian Fleetsteamed into Sydney Harbour.Navy Week 1965, was planned tocoincide with the anniversary ofthe Fleet's entry.The arrival of the ships in 1913was an event Australians hadlooked forward to for half a century.They were their own ships,paid for by their own money andmanned in large proportion bytheir own men; the nucleus olwhat they hoped would be theirown Fleet.The Squadron comprised I heBattle Cruiser, Australia; LightCruisers, Encounter, Sydney andMelbourne and the Torpedo BoatDestroyers, Warrego. Parramattaand Yarra.It is appropriate at this timeto recall the words expressed bythe then Prime Minister of Australia,The Honourable Sir JosephCook:"Since Captain Cook's arrival,no more memorable event hashappened than the advent of theAustralian Fleet. As the formermarked the birth of Australia, sothe latter announces its comingof age. its recognition of thegrowing responsibilities of nationhood,and its resolve to acceptand discharge them as a duty bothto itself and to the Empire. Th :Australian Fleet is not merely theembodiement of force. It is theexpression of Australia's resolveto pursue, in freedom, its nationalideals, and to hand down unimpairedand unsullied the heritageit has received, and which it holdsand cherishes as an inviolabletrust. It is in this spirit that Australiawelcomes its Fleet, not asan instrument ol war, but as III •harbinger of peace."NEW SOUTH WALESThe following is a summary olthe Navy Day activities decidedupon for the Sydney area:Saturday. 2nd October, 1965:Australian Sea Cadet CorpsHeadquarters Units Open —1400-1600.T.S. Albatross (Wollongong),Wollongong Harbour Front.Below Flagstaff Point.WOLLONGONG.T.S. Condamine (Manly).East Esplanade,MANLY.T.S. Parramatta (Parramatta),Macquarie Boys' High School,Rvdalmere Avenue.PARRAMATTA NORTH.T.S. Shropshire (Canterbury).Hutton Street,CANTERBURY.T.S Sirius (Arncliffe) S.C.,Cahill Park.Levev Street,ARNCLIFFE.T.S. Sydney (Snapper Island),Snapper Island.(Boats leave Elliott Street, Ro-/elle 2 p.m., 2.30 p.m., 3.00 p.m.,3.30 p.m.)JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER. 1965TS. Tobruk (Newcastle).R.A.N. Drill Hall.off Nobbvs Road.NEWCASTLE.T.S. Warrego (Woolwich).Gale Street,WOOLWICH.Monday. 4th October. 1965:Ships and Establishments dress.Tuesday, 5th October. 1965:Performance bv E.A.A. Band atHyde Park Irom 1230 to 1320.BAA. Band to lead the WaratahPrincess Procession fromHyde Park to Town Hall at1330.Wednesday, 6th October. 1965:Performance bv E.AA Band atHyde Park from 1145 to 1245.Thursday. 7th October. 1965:Perfotmance bv E.A.A. Band inthe Town Hall from 1210 to 1250and from 1310 to 1350.Friday, Silt October. 1965:Naval Association DinnerDance.Saturday. 9th October, 1965:E.A.A. Band to play at Salutingbase at Town Hall for WaratahFestival Parade — 12-15 to 1330.Garden Island Dockvard OpenDay — 1330 to 1700. (Displaysand demonstrations by Divingteam, helicopters. Ships open,Band performance. Sea Cadetsto assist).Sunday, 10th October, 1965:Commemoration Services (forenoon)—St. Mary's Cathedral 1000St. Andrew's Cathedral 1100JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1965QUEENSLANDCelebrations in Navy Weekthroughout Queensland will benecessarily limited as there willbe no H.M.A. Ships present inport during the period.In Brisbane, the main event willbe a Church Service at St. John'sCathedral at II a.m. on Sunday,10th October.This Service has for many yearsbeen conducted by the Missionsto Seamen and other organisationsconnected with the sea onthe nearest Sunday to TrafalgarDay. The Naval Colour, BattleHonours and Merchant ShippingHouse flags are paraded duringthe Service.This year the Service will bepreceded by a Memorial Serviceat the Shrine of Remembranceat which the R.A.N., R.A.N.R. andSea Cadets wilt muster. On completion,there will be a marchto St. John's Cathedral.Other Church Services will beconducted throughout Birsbane.It is expected that approximately250 Navy League Sea Cadetsfrom the three Units in Brisbane— T.S.s. GAYUNDAH, MAGNUSand PALUMA — will take part.On the 8th October the NavyLeague will stage a Navy Dinnerin H.MAS. MORETON. TheGuest of Honour will be the 3rdN.M. — Rear Admiral F. L. George,C.B.E. — who will give a talk inthe Wardroom on completion.The Naval Reserve Officers inMORETON will hold a specialdinner for Mess Members thefollowing evening.The Naval Association are cooperatingfully with the Navy andthe Navy League in all activitiesand will be staging functions duringthe week.WESTERN AUSTRALIAOCTOBER—1st Navy League Flag Day (Proceedsin Aid of H.MAS.Perth Memorial Fund).2nd Race Meeting.3rd A.M.: Church Parades:St. Georges Cathedral(Governor to read theLesson).St. Marys Cathedral.P.M.: Wreath Laying Ceremoniesat War Memorial,Fremantle.Sea Cadets and NavyLeague Members to attendall functions.4th Naval Dinner H.M.A.S.Leeuwin. 500 expected toattend.8th Naval Ball H.MAS. Leeuwin.9th Trotting Meeting.10th Open Day H.M.A.S. Leeuwin.Sea Cadets to take part.15