A FIGHTING LINE.
Received June 9, S.l.i.fa.stt.- Y -*- LONDCitf; 4l?? c #iA The Navy Council has d.<£eme3 t&itt 45 battleships shall form"? a.\' fighting line. ' T'^ "£.-. *v In the French navy thfu.eflfo stive life of a battleship is 20 y6&«£fi4dp-fhe necessary construction to^tj S^j*.tlus. will involve spending Vty ptyjMOsk'ftitr--ling m ten years. il'Mijfi^-V {''••'
Received June 9. I.p;lS; > .^.m^; MELBOTfIi^S&IiM^L Mr Deakin annoirioed perial Government hud v.-'aTJHSfclli'j.-Jcor-dial acceptance of thy- oprer 't^jj^hßeacfnought or such 'ilwrjfiative i^tti'fthe" Federal Governnru-nt ,«iiay sug'gee& Ho hopes to anounf OMI a few dayS the precise form the f/lb \v:U take. Cabinet has not yet deteMunpd the question *of raising the necesMp' lands..
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7817, 9 June 1909, Page 2
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