NAVAL ARRANGEMENT
STATEMENT BY MR MASSEY
(BY TELEGBAPH —PKESfc ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, Aug. 6. Mr Massey stated that New Zealand is paying a subsidy of £100,000 yearly to the British Navy, but in future this would go towards the upkeep of the cruiser Canterbury. It was also arranged, that we should nave a vessel for training purposes to replace the Amokura, probably a sloop of war of between 2500 and 3000 tons. If Parliament decided, New Zealand could nave a submarine or two as a gift The Admiralty had practically decided to station several light cruisers in the neighbourhood of New Zealand as a sub-squadron to the China fleet. These vessels would no doubt make New , Zealand their headquarters.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 6 August 1919, Page 7
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118NAVAL ARRANGEMENT Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 6 August 1919, Page 7
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