THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY.
AUSTRALIAN'S AT THE DOCKYARDS. ExNJGLISH SHIPWRIGHTS' VIEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH — COPYRIGHT.] Tper press association.! London, March 16. Mr Alexander Wilkie, a member of tihe House of Commons and secretary of the Shipwrights' Society, in the course of an interview, said he had no objection to colonial artisans- working in the ship-building yards on the Clyde if their object was to learn warship building. It would be ; many years before Australia could compete, But repair yards probably necessitate many skilled English workmen going to Australia. Thte contractors expecjfc to begin the construction of the Australian destroyers in five weeks. [The conditions attached 'to ■Whe tenders ace&ptefl By the Federal Government for tlie 'building of two destroyers for the 'Australian Navy provide for the employment of not less than twelve nor more than twenty Australians on the construction of the boat.]
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 829, 16 March 1909, Page 2
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