AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.
DRASTIC CURTAILMENT.
NAVAL AND MILITARY. ,V. and N.Z MELBOU itNB, Oct. 16.
As a result of the Defence Estimates, passed on Friday, the personnel of the fleet will total 4000, as against 4843 last year. The ships in commission will number 13, against 25; the military permanent forces will total 1603 against 2455; the citizen forces 31,000 against 1,184,000; senior cadets 36,000 against 99,000; and junior cadets nil against 50,000.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18223, 17 October 1922, Page 7
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72AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18223, 17 October 1922, Page 7
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