THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON.
DELAY IN BUILDING. (Press Association.—Copyright.) _ - ■ i; (Received 9.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Commonwealth and New South Wales State Governments have been for months discussing, the question of building a .cruiser and two destroyers at Cockatoo Island dock, without arriving at a conclusion. It is. stated- that the stumbling block now is the question of a time limit. The Commonwealth Government is dissatisfied at the time taken in piecing together the destroyer Warrego, which is not yet completed. It is understood that tHe State is not prepared to give a time guarantee. - , - - . ■ ■
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 7 March 1912, Page 5
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