FRIGATE FOR N.Z.
Assurance
From U.K.
■fNZ Press Association’ WELLINGTON, Jan. 3;
The Prime Minister (Mr Holyoake) said today the British Government had assured him that the matter of a frigate for New Zealand was getting the “most earnest
The assurance was contained in a cable from the British Prime Minister (Mr Wilson). The Government planned to have four first-class frigates by this time next year, said Mr Holyoake. The Navy had two already, one was on order, and the frigate from the Royal Navy was to be the fourth—but the Royalist’s going out of ser-i
vice earlier than expected had Jpft an unexpected gap.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30973, 1 February 1966, Page 1
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105FRIGATE FOR N.Z. Press, Volume CV, Issue 30973, 1 February 1966, Page 1
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