EMPIRE DEFENCE
STRENGTHENING BASES PREPARATION OF PLANS ALL OUTLYING PARTS SEQUEL TO CONSULTATIONS By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received February 2G, 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 26
The Daily Herald says the Government and Imperial General Staff are preparing plans for reconditioning and strengthening all outlying naval and military bases. ' The decision follows the consultations between Sir Maurice Hankey, secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence, and the representatives of the Dominions which he recently visited. TOUR OF INSPECTION CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF EGYPT AND PALESTINE (Received February 26, 9.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Feb. 26 General Sir Archibald MontgomeryMassingbred, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, will leave England on February 28. and carry out a tour of inspection in Egypt, Palestine and the Sudan. He will travel from Marseilles in the liner Strathnaver. He will arrive in Cairo on March 6, and travel by air to Khartoum on March 9. He will return to Cairo on March 13. Before leaving Egypt for Palestine on March 20 he will visit Ismailia. Sir Archibald will also visit Transjordania, and will leave for England at the end of March.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22045, 27 February 1935, Page 11
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184EMPIRE DEFENCE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22045, 27 February 1935, Page 11
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