LABOUR AND NAVY
GUNS THAT COULD NOT FIRE. , [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] LONDON, October 14. A remarkable statement regarding the alleged attitude of the British Treasury towards the Navy during the period of the late Labour Government in 1930 is expected to be the subject of questions when Parliament re-assemb-les.
Sir Oswyn Murray, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty, giving evidence before a Select Committee concerning the expenditure on the range finding equipment for the ships “Nelson” and “Rodney,” is reported to have said that .the Treasury took the view that, as nobody’ expected that there was going to be war for many years, it'did not matter whether the guns were able to be fired or not. “The Admiralty,” he said, “were unable to take that view. Every new ship must have guns, or otherwise we would soon have nothing but a dummy fleet.”
This quotation appears in the minutes of the evidence, but the text of the Treasury letter on which the remarks were based is not given.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 October 1932, Page 7
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