NAVAL EXPANSION.
BRITAIN’S POLICY APPROVED. AUCKLAND, February .5,' The Earl of Selborne, a distinguished statesman and colonial governor who has held several important posts in the British 'Government, wasUh imsseiiger' on the Orient liner Otranto, which arrived at Auckland from Brisbane. Ho is making his first visit to New Zealand. As a former First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Selborne .definitely apv proves of Britain’s policy of naval expansion. “I am quite- sure we must' build up our fleet again,” he said. PI do not blame the Government for cutting down the navy in the past, fbr , the first thing to do after the war. Was to get our finances in order, but we cannot take.risks now. Mussolini is not tlie only one with a swollen head. Tho Japanese are also getting ambitious. Lord and Lady Selborne will leave the Otranto at - Wellington, returning to England by the Panama Canid route.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 98, 6 February 1936, Page 5
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