AUSTRALIA'S NAVY.
SBVJBBAL NEW SHIPS. ANOTHER , DREADNOUGHT T0 . BE BUILT.; MR. FISHER'S PROUD CLAIM, " ONLY DOMINION TAKING , ~ ,',,-. DEFENCE SEEIOUSLY." _ , By Telegraph.—Press Association.— ;.,.., (Received April 1, 12.55 a.m.) Melbourne, March 31. In a policy speech; to-night the Prirxwn Minister (Mr. Fisher) sprang a great sur- . prise by announcing a new development in the Federal GovernmentV, naval policy. Mr.' Fisher, stated that" the Government, j having carefully con?it? -re *'>•> navel I strength''in the .''Pacific, had .tfsehW '■ s immediately :V>y doi>n :.ir,othc» j*rcod.ronght, three destroyers, and three or four submarines, all of greatly-unproved typeii. The,designs of this vessels, he said, had already been prepared in the Navj Offc«>. M;. Fisher strongly ended Aujitralla's naia 1 policy. lie quoted th« following Sgares to urwe ths*. --"■.' alone, among the Ov:•:■•: eas XX-minu •.•■•■-i ..j-.1.i-i.iT '■•.&? .ice seriously. Th aii..;al eipe" '.itui- per h<*ad for defences was :... '■■'.":'■''. ■:'-,- £.«. A. ■ ; ' : Bntaitf f ,, ; 'r.'i i : #..* ,' >■•»■ *11 ,7 " - Australia ... ... ..••"'I 1 2 ';"' New Zealand ' ...;< ,*. :< .0 11 2 South Africa .... ... 0 6 2 Canada ... ... ... 0 6 2 Newfoundland ... ... 0 0 3 The new programme will be spread i .over three years. Theso vessels are distinct from: those now under construction. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15265, 1 April 1913, Page 7
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188AUSTRALIA'S NAVY. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15265, 1 April 1913, Page 7
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