AUSTRALIAN CRUISERS
- ;■ ’ 1 SI.-i HOMELAND/GETS ORDER. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) MELBOURNE, March 24. The Federal Government has accepted the tender of John Brown and Co,, for the construction of two cruisers in Great Britain at a cost of 41 millions. ........ The amount saved by placing the order in Great Britain is expected to be eight hundred thousand pounds which will be devoted to building a six thousand ton seaplane carrier in Australia. '.»> - .•? tV-'vA- ’ LATER— The cost of building the cruisers in England will, be 4) (not 4|) millions. An order for two submarines has been placed with Vickers.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 25 March 1925, Page 5
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