EARL BEATTY
VIEWS ON DEFENCE,
(Australian Press Association),
(Received this day at 1.30 p.m.) \. , SYDNEY, February 15. - Earl Beatty,' in a speech before .the Navy League, said Australian naval forces were, at present clearly inadequate to perform the heavy duties that would be put on them in the event of war.
Fortifications at Darwin and Port Moresby were good as far as they went, hut he strongly urged the establishment of a chain of fortified naval bases from to Fiji. He also urged the strengthening of the Australian navy and mercantile marine. “It is a lamentable position that Australia possesses, only three cruisers in- commission, and New. Zealand only one.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1939, Page 6
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