THE DEFENCE SERVICES.
. _ .•-."-.•"..■ '■'-'''•■.■!.■.''" ■■■,',!■'."•.•'■'• r '-'■' ■-'..■ '.'•■' '-.'■■' ■'.•Jv;SS : |jlii'. 1 ? PROVISION FOR TRAINING. FUTURE OF NAVY AND AIR FORCE! faT TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.! CnRISTCHURCH. Thursday. Reference to defence measures was . ' made by the Minister for Defence, SirS ; ; Heaton Rhodes, to-day at the luncheon... gathering ,at the Eliesmere Agricultural Show. He said he was making every, ?ft; effort to render military service as easy : as possible; by substituting : continuous training: for half-day paiades, which had : been found irksome* by come. The day! of peace had not yet dan-ned, sod it was' essential'•■ to .. make some 7 provision .against attack, and not to rely altogether on the navy. XHe :i was. : looking to the Imperial ... Conference to gain some idea of' what ~;,■. our defence policy of tho future should iv be, as 'to how i much; should to left to', ■ the navy and how much to the air forco.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18534, 19 October 1923, Page 6
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144THE DEFENCE SERVICES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18534, 19 October 1923, Page 6
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