CRITIC OF THE NAVY.
HALF THE SHIPS OBSOLETE.
LORD FISHERY ATTACK. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 12.30 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 2. i Lord Fisher, former First Sea Lord, in a characteristically vigorous letter to the Times, says: "The current expenditure on the navy is incredible and ruinous waste." His experience had been that the only way to stop waste was " ruthlessly and remorselessly to sack the whole spendthrift crew neck and crop." Half the navy, he asserts, is already obsolete and ought to be scrapped. The other half will be obsolete in a few years owing to the progress of internal combustion engines and the ! use of oil fuel. He adds that a 20in ' gun was ready to be built when he I left the Admiralty in May, 1915.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17255, 3 September 1919, Page 7
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