COLONIAL DREADNOUGHTS "HOLDING UP A LANKET."
7'^; wn- .SIDNEY, June 14. rr^? Aa/ -m Lyne > replying to the TumutMunicipal Councils request that -•■-*e -should vote for. a Dreadnought, said .^thought the gift of a Dreadnought simply absurd, because it would be old aron m 7 or eight years' time. The ques- ' "'SS£ wPe]f was "ot lvorth consider afeoji, but the money could be much better spe^nt m carrying out what the .-Imperial Government wants us to do ....Jor.our protection here, and not simply ,(by,.holding up a blanket. .
C^; Received June 15, 10.35 a.m. ■ '4>h A f- .MELBOURNE, June 15. ' a;-**®.Minister of Defence is consideri^uJ 10 Tsu¥estion- that ..the Commonwealth should, defray the cost of training- :Austrahan: cadets for the Royal
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7822, 15 June 1909, Page 3
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