CRUISER PROGRAMME.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 24 July 1925, Page 9

CRUISER PROGRAMME.

POLICY OUTLINED. MR. BALDWIN’S STATEMENT. ADMIRALTY TO FIND THE MONEY. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received July 24. 2.10 p.m. LONDON, July 23. The Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, in making his eagerly expected naval construction statement in the House of Commons, announced that two cruisers would be begun in October, two in February, and three each year thereafter. The Government had also decided on the annual construction of pine destroyers and six submarines, together with certain auxiliary vessels, beginning with the financial year 19261927, which would he continued during the normal li% of the present Parliament. Three cruisers xvill he of 10,000 tons, and the remainder will be smaller and less expensive, approximately 8000 tons. The Admiralty will meet the additional expense, £527,170 from savings under other heads. .The Government will only ask Parliament to make additional provision this year in respect to the commencement of the new programme, if it.is satisfied of the impossibility of making these savings, but it is not proposed to allow the increased expense to constitute an addition to the total of the Navy, estimates. —Reuter.