THE ADMIRAL'S REPORT CRITICISED.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 62, 14 March 1911, Page 5

THE ADMIRAL'S REPORT CRITICISED.

SYDNEY, March 14

The Herald, discussing Admiral Henderson's report, after making reference to the large capital outlay involved, and the possibility of the Estimates being conservative, says:

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'•We do not assert these things are impossible, but must look fairly in the face the chance of their being done, and not fritter away money and strength on trivial patchwork attempts to set such a scheme afloat." The Telegraph commends the value of the recommendations, Fut whether the Commonwealth can find the money to build and man the ships is problematical. The paper strongly endorses Admiral Henderson's contention that the administration must be free from political influence, and suggests that in the Navy's taking 22 years to build is a danger of its being obsolete before it is finished.