PEARL HARBOUR.
■'AMERICAN PACIFIC STRONGHOLD. (By Telcgraptt~Pr«6» Aesoelatloh-OopyrlelU.) ; '" ' . .New York, November 23. < ;The; United States Government has decided to make' Pearl Harbour, 'in Hawaii, impregnable,' regardless.of: cost. ,■• : /'\ '. ■■ '"■ '■;'■ ;"•:■:■ : A channel, thirty-iiye fdet : deep, ,'is already beingl.dredged'through the sand ; ■■':'.■'■■ ■ [President Taft recently: approved ; of the recommendation ■ of the-Army: and Navy Board to , make. Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, the chief : naval■■ station in the Pacific.' The'contract for the "construction of a dry dock at P«arl Hariour was. signed tit Washington in September. : . As it is .to.be 1195 ft: longiit will be the largest over built for the use of the -..United . States •' Navy.' The contract marked another step in the policy which recognises'the strategic importance of. the-Sand-' wioh Islands, , and aims 'at making' them • a naval :and ■ military stronghold—a. ■■ really strong. link between .the ■': Philippines and the Pacific Coast.] ,-..■' . ■■ .: .. •;."■.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 673, 25 November 1909, Page 7
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135PEARL HARBOUR. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 673, 25 November 1909, Page 7
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