THE DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA.
A POLITICIAN'S VIEWS. [Press Association. — CoprßionT.] SYDNEY, Wednesday. Mr Reid, Leader of the Foderal Opposition, speaking on defence, ridiculed j an Australian navy. He declared that j th.M'e was no necessity for compulsory . military training. His policy for the ; next ten years would bp to make the , forts, garrisons, and officers efficient. He | would rather spend £80,000 on a mill- j tary college than on a torpedo destroyer, j He would have a- zealous cadet move- . ment, and a universal system of school drill, and tho establishment of factories for the manufacture of small arms ammunition.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 4 March 1909, Page 4
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