DEFENCE CONFERENCE.
MELBO URNE, yesterda y . It is stated that Colonel Foxton : s not commissioned to urge any specific
: views upon the Defence Conference, but rather to deal with suggestions 'made, at the same timo preserving Australian ideals. He is not bound definitely on the question of what form Australia's contributions to the ! Navy should take, but lie knows his Ministers prefer that it should be in the shape of ships and men rather than the present or an increased subsidy. The belief is that the final result of Australia's offer will be the establishment of a small section of tho Imperial Navy provided by the Commonwealth. LONDON, yesterday. The Defence Conference meets, on July 28. Renter states that the Commonwealth has asked the War Office for Lord Kitchener's services as military adviser.
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Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 303, 26 June 1909, Page 2
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133DEFENCE CONFERENCE. Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 303, 26 June 1909, Page 2
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