ARMAMENTS AND MEN.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 178, 12 July 1912, Page 5

ARMAMENTS AND MEN.

THE EMPIRE NAVY. CAN ADA’S POSITION DEFINED [PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) London. July 11. Mr. Borden, speaking at the Royal Colonial Institute’s dinner, said that Canadians realised that the supremacy of Britain on the seas was the Empire’s very breath of life. They had never shown themselves afraki of responsibility, but proposed to sacrifice their autonomy to the Empire’s sea defence. It was best to secure one nary, but those respoiHi* ble for Imperial defence must have a voice in the policy that shaped tho issues. Canada meant to be a. great ; part of a great whole, but did not propose to be an adjunct even of the British Empire. THE AUSTRALIAN CRUISERS. DELAYED IN HOME WATERS. (Received 12, 9.35 a.m.) Melbourne. July 19. . , Advices from London report thatthe arrival of the cruisers Australia and Melbourne will be postponed: from December till April. delay in their completion is dna“; partly to the industrial trouble anil partly to a more complex reason ;, which the Admiralty state is delay-, ing all British warship construction. AN AERIAL DREADNOUQBt.// Berlin, July 10. The airship Zeppelin 111. haa been fitted as a military air cruiser with,;’ bomb-throwing tubes, observation turret and a machine gun, to other air craft. • ( NAVAL BASE AT AUCKLAND. SYDNEY'S LOSS AND At*CK- .7 LAND’S GAIN. __ !■ (Received 19. 8.45 a.m.) Sydney, Joly 19. . The transfer of the Naval base to Auckland means a trade (MMn taS Sydney of £BO.OOO to nually. "■ * JQMr. Kitchen, managing director the Sydney Soap and Candle CopM ■ pany, suggests a remedy nr tiw Commonwealth Government proaching the Imperial with a proposal jointly to appq|Qtw victualling officer who might ats CBLi behalf of both by baying for the Lny perial and Australian Fleet. 'Hreen; would then be a chance of compistiaig;. with New Zealand, and if New land can supply goods at a idlwj price than Australia then good HacK. to her, but the odds are wo tiOmKkeep most of the trade we havn ljmly before. . .£•"