AUSTRALIA'S WAVY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15142, 5 November 1912, Page 7

AUSTRALIA'S WAVY.

WHAT IT WILL COST.

Cfbou otto OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Stpnicy, October 26. - * Details of the expenditure on the Au»j tralian navy were furnished in the Federal ", : House of Representatives yesterday. Tha r V : .:>; destroyer Warrego cost £101,000, or : ' £19,500 more than the British-built destroyers, Yarra and Parramatta* ;; .It r J" j| is estimated that the , cruiser . Bris* v ' .'i bano, to be built in.. Sydney 'will <- / cost £600,000, --or - £150,000 1 more < than.!, the British-built cruisers. Th e Warreeoi ■' *•'' was only reconstructed hero. • fi Tne ' V Brisbane is to bei entirely ; built Kifa: 'Thei estimated date of completion, .original . esti- 1 , . mated cost, and present estimated cost ' -are:—. .- ; ' ■ -.. % . ;vvs : • _ O*lginol' 'Pr«»erit • • v««Ai.'"'' : " Estimated Estimated Estimated • Vessels, ,- • date of . Cos®. Oo»t. \ Completion.;, £ ; •£■ 5; Parramatta , ... ' Completed ; .81), -SI.JiOO •" Completed 80,000 '. 81,.->oo.'. wanego ... ... Completed 50,000 101,000 Australia " V April, 1913 2,030,000 2,000,000 , bvdnqr.. •• . w ; . ... ' May.'l9l3 350,000 . 450,000 / Melbourne ». ... Deo.* 1912 350,000 450,000 V,; - Brisbane ... Oct., 1914 350,000 600,000 . . • A.R' .«i • 'Feb.. l 91 3; 55,000 : 100,000 ' A.E. .. . ..... .... Feb., 1913 55,000 - 105,000 ' • A,E.Z. t .. April, 1913 ' 55,000 '< 105i000 ■ Torrent <• ... ■ ... Oct,,' 1914 - 80,000 ' 100,000•• •' - Swan ... ... Oct., 1914 80,000 100,000 ';. :/"i Dei went": ... ... Oct., 1914 80,000 : 100,000