DEFENCE MEASURES.
AUSTRALIAN CO-OPERATION. Received October 20, 11.20 a.m. CANBERRA, Oct. 20. The acting-Prime Minister (Sir Earle Page) to-day outlined to the Federal Parliament the Commonwealth Government’s proposals for national co-opera-tion in defence and development. He said that to place Australia in, a position of security substantial expenditure would be necessary, both for actual defence equipment and industrial development in its widest sense. " ■ The Government proposed to suggest to the States that a Defence Advisory Committee should be established, comprising representatives of the various State Governments and industry.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 276, 20 October 1938, Page 11
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