SIX TANKS ORDERED
Commonwealth Government (Received May 13, 9.35 pin.) Canberra, May 13. Six of the latest British tanks, to cost £60,000. have been ordered in England by the Commonwealth Government for training purposes. The Defence Department also contemplates strengthening the militia, which is still about 8000 men below the peace-time establishment of 35.000. it is proposed to make service more interesting aud to embark on an advertising campaign for voluntary recruits.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 194, 14 May 1936, Page 9
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