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range-finders not needed. •' * y l DOESN’T MATTER IF GUNS FIRED OR NOTI ALLEGED ATTITUDE OF LABOR GOVERNMENT IN 1930. ; (U.P.A. by Elec Ter. Copyright.) (Received Oct. 14, 8.15 p.m.) LONDON, October 14. A remarkable statement in regard to the alleged attitude of the Treasury towards the Navy during the period of the late Labor Government in 1930 is expected to be the subject of questions when Parliament reassembles. Sir Oswyn Murray, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty, giving evidence before a Select Committee concerning expenditure bn range-finding equipment for the ships Rodney and Nelson, 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 fired or not. The Admiralty, however, was unable to take that view. “A new ship,” it was stated,” “must have guns, otherwise we shall 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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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11768, 15 October 1932, Page 5
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184DUMMY FLEET Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11768, 15 October 1932, Page 5
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