ANOTHER SEQUEL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 608, 10 September 1909, Page 5

ANOTHER SEQUEL.

DREADNOUGHT FUND TO BUILD NAVAL ■•:.;.■:;■.::.!; .COLLEGE. •,■ ;■ . . ';..TRAINING FARM ALSO PROPOSED. •.,;.;. (Rec , . September 9, 9.15 p.m.)'. '~. . '. /::':< '■" "■'■■'. : '' ,-;' Sydnay, September 9. ' 1 : At a.'meeting of subscribers to the Dreadnought Fund—which . was; initiated by. tih! Lord .Mayor; of Sydney, Mr.'.Allen Tayinr, when thu late: Federal Government,. Mr. Fisher'.s,. refused to/giye'.a' 1 Dreadnought to' the'Mothorland—the' Lord 'Mayor subniitted a scheme . for the disposal of . tho moneys subscribed by tho public towards the Dreadnought,. .:whioji'are 'not: now ; 'required .for that purpose,': tlio . Commdnwealth' '.Government ■(Mγ. Deakin's)"having- 'made , Mother airangements for naval defence.' The eiib-, soripti.ons.toHl £85,000.,.•■'■;'. :~'\- '■■/'. '.. "'■'■ V'■ ~ Tho. Lord Mayor's proposal was - that, in order to. commemorate the wave of patriotic * feeling . which; England's' heed drew: fortn, and.to symbolise'tho State's attachment, to ■Uio' Mother "Country,"■■'the' , ; fund 'and :he accrued. ;int«rest. bo devoted .to', tho building ami/ equipment of a;King'-35dwardi NaVni College, \no»r,s for, tho : training ■'.. of' Australian cadets for. tlio Empire Navy M officws," eiigineers, and naval architects. Uo also : proposed the. equipping and .■■'maintaining of onel or. more' farms;for..iho.'.training , of British- l«<ls'''.in'''Australian farming.. '•'lt' ; s' estimated "that. tiie Naval 'College and tho : :farm : 'Tvill'each\costv£so,qoq; ',-■■ X ; ; ; • •S'Tho'feeling of,.the meeting was fayourablo to tho Lord Mayor's It was.»kcided further consider at' an early date. . v; T ; .P;.-,':"■■';;•. ; \ ;!•;.■'■ ; ; • ';■"':':, .■."'•'■' ■'' Meanwhile, ,; the subscribers to the Droad(lougiit: Fund will bo generally notified ■. as to*-'wh(vt;is projected.;., y ' ...' ''■■„',',: r ;'• ..;