NEW ZEALAND’S DEFENCE
additional grants. According to the Supplementary Estimates presented to the House yesterdav, an additional £lOOO is to be allowed for repairs, alterations and docking, etc, to H.M.S. Diomede. A similar sum is provided for the conversion of Fort Takapuna into a naval magazine, and for the erection two 5000-ton oil tanks at Takapuna an additional £4220 is voted. A further £2500 is granted as the initial expenses of a trawler to be used for training purposes, and £U<J is set aside for the training of New Zealand ratings in gunnerv, torpedo, etc, establishments in the United Kingdom. . . The most important item in the vote for laud defence is the £25,000 voted in connection with field ami heavy gun ammunition, and other g A further £lOOO s expected to cover the cost of uni°For aviation purposes £95 is voted to enable a survey to be made of an aerodrome site nt Hobsonville.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 297, 11 September 1926, Page 5
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154NEW ZEALAND’S DEFENCE Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 297, 11 September 1926, Page 5
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