SUPREMACY OF THE SEA.
GREAT BRITAIN'S NAVY. THE NEW DREADNOUGHTS. LONDON, July 19. The 'Times' says the Government is determined to proceed immediately ■with the four contingent- Dreadnoughts. THE GREAT REVIEW. Received July 21, 9 a.m. LONDON, July 20. The Lord Mayor and Corporation, tho Lords of the Admiralty and the Turkish delegates who are visiting England visited the fleet at Southend in order to witness the groat naval display of warships, which extends for 40 milus. AUCKLAND DOCK SUBSIDISED. LONDON, July 19. Mr It. McKenna (First Lord of the Admiralty), replying to Mr Craig, said that £160,000 would bo paid for 30 years at the rate of £6OOO per annum towards the Auckland (New Zealand) dry dock. Tho subsidy was granted ■with a view to getting the dock properly equippod. The only other subsidised dock, said Mr McKenna, was at Colombo.
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Mataura Ensign, 21 July 1909, Page 3
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142SUPREMACY OF THE SEA. Mataura Ensign, 21 July 1909, Page 3
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