COMMONWEALTH NAVY.
LORD JELLICOE'S SCHEME.
EIGHT BATTLE-CRUISERS.
ANNUAL COST £5,000,000. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received 12.5 a.m.) A. and N.Z. MELBOURNE. Sept. 2. It is stated that Admiral Lord Jellicoe's report to the Commonwealth Government recommends the maintenance of eight battle-cruisers, besides increases in the number of cruisers, destroyers, and submarines. The annual naval expenditure by 1921, under Lord Jellicoe's scheme, would be £5,000,000. It is understood tHat Lord Jellicoe informed ►the Government that the Admiralty was prepared to provide the Commonwealth with many vessels of the various classes required.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17255, 3 September 1919, Page 7
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