Australia Expedites Defence Measures
(Received noon.) MELBOURNE, This Day, The Prime Minister, Mr J. A. Lyons, stated that the success of the drive tc increase the strength of the militia to 70,000, and of the £63,000,000 defence programme generally, was in sight, Mr Lyons,' who presides over a meeting of the Australian Defence Council today, added that Australians should know that the defence programme was being carried out with the greatest expedition and that, when completed, it would assure them ol reasonable security against aggression. Long Range Radio Stations. Two long' range radio stations, which will cost about £40,000, will be erected near Dafwin this year by the Commonwealth Government for use by the Royal Australian Navy. The stations, which will be among the most powerful in the world, will be erected as one of the principal links in the chain of defence of British waters south of the tropic of Cancer, and are intended to form an important part of Australia’s development of Darwin as a southern adjunct of Singapore.
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Northern Advocate, 25 January 1939, Page 9
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171Australia Expedites Defence Measures Northern Advocate, 25 January 1939, Page 9
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