IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
COLONIES AKD NAYY. ' ' ' THE AUSTRALIAN SUBSIDY. MR. DBAKIN'S SCHEME .IMPERFECT, oi lEr.ißßArn—press XssoauTiaN—coptkiuht. (Rec. May-24,:4.30 .p.m.). London, May 23. In the House of Commons Mr. : M'Keiuia, First Lord of tlio Admiralty, stated that tlio Australian naval subsidy would ceaso automatically in 1913, or earlier if tho new arrangement foreshadowed at- tho Colonial Conference was ratified.'; ,''' ■ - V:r Tho Minister added that the scheme put forward by Mr. Deakiir was at present only a bare outline, and required much amplification before it could bo discussed with advantage; whilo tho difficulties' inherent in it were very great. A /FALSE ; STABT. ! Melbourne, May 23. The Federal Houses,was asked to vote a quarter of a million u towards the Federal naval defence scheme. ,Tho manner of presenting the item aroused, adverse criticism, and it liras withdrawn.,,'.lt will.be presented next week in a separate measure.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 206, 25 May 1908, Page 7
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141IMPERIAL DEFENCE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 206, 25 May 1908, Page 7
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