DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA
GOVERNMENT'S BIG PROGRAMME LINE OF BATTERIES ON EAST COAST Press Associatioa—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, November 30. (Received November 30, at 12.30 pm.) The ‘ Sydney Morning; Herald’s ’ Canberra correspondent says the problem of finding money to finance the expanded defence programme is causing the Federal Cabinet increasing concern. Most of the Ministers are now reconciled to the fact that heavy borrowing will be undertaken to finance next year’s programme, and it is Oven likely that borrowing on the London market will be resumed. The salient features of the new programme, it is understood, will be the provision of a line of batteries of highpowered long-range coastal guns along the east coast and the creation of a military force and an air force strong enough to deal with any landing force. The Minister of Defence (Mr G. A. Street), detailing the defence expansion in the House of Representatives, stated that plans had been made to prepare merchant vessels on the Australian register for the mounting of defensive armament..
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Evening Star, Issue 23128, 30 November 1938, Page 11
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