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Show CANADA'S NEW NAVY. 1 Yictorin. B. C, Kov 10. The formal for-mal trnnsfpr of ihe Esquimau naval depot from the control of the British adm'rnlty to the Canadian government, govern-ment, wa-j made yesterday, great ceremony cere-mony making the occa lon. In the presence of the deputy minister of the nanl service, Admiral Klne?nill ani other officers. thr British union jick wns hauled down by sailors fmni the British warship Shearwater. Trei another an-other union jack was hoisted by the men from the Canadian cru;s r Pa'n- i bow, which arrived from England Monday. i The Esquimau naval station wns , established when the British wnrsM's : returned from the bittle of Petropav- ! lovsk in tho Crime in war. At that I t!mi there was not a town on Van-I conver Island and the men wound -d j In the battle were lauded at the station. |
