THE COLONIAL WARSHIPS.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXII, Issue 65, 18 March 1910, Page 5

THE COLONIAL WARSHIPS.

CONTRACTS AGREED TO

Press Assn—By telegraph—Copyright, (Received March 18, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, March 17.

Sir George Reid and Hon. HallJones have had an interview with the Admiralty, at which they formally agreed to the contracts for the construction of the warships on behalf of the Governments of Australia and New Zealand. The vessels will include a number of improvements upon the indomitables, the nature of which is confidential at present. They will be of 28-knot speed, 18,000 tons, and 570 feet long. The trials will be completed by July, 1912. The smaller cruisers, which are to accompany them to Australia, will not be ready before the end of 1912.