WHANGAREI NAVAL BASE.
MADDEN MkMßEfe'S 1 TO" MINISTER OP DEFENCE. fSpecnVl -ti> Advocate.") •. WELLINGTON, This Day. Mr Fred Murdoch (Marsden) lias ■given noticc to ask the Minister of Defence (Sir R. H. Rhodes) whether, In view of the geographic position of Whang:/rei Harbour, with its natural advantages in depth of winter, safe an--ehotd'ge' 'Und■'ge'norfll excellence, the Minister ; MII favourably consider establishing naval base on .that har--i»our. An states: "The Minister of, Dofoncey in,.- replying to lion. Member. ,for. yVairau, stated that danger.might be expected front the North. He said that a naval base would be required on the ea. u t coast of the North--crn Peninsula.".
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Northern Advocate, 21 July 1923, Page 5
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106WHANGAREI NAVAL BASE. Northern Advocate, 21 July 1923, Page 5
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