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EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT LARGER NAVY PLANNED (Kecelfed October 6, 12.15 a.m.) ' LONDON. Oct. 6 Following the visit to London of the Egyptian Minister for War, Hassan Galry Pasha, the Egyptian Government has; decided to : purchase a- number of modern light cruisers to form a coastal defenfce fleet, states the Cairo correspondent Of the Daily Telegraph. It will also build a natal training College. The Egyptian Navy at- present consists of the Royal yacht and two patrol •vessels, one transport vessel, asd a number of smaller draft. , - , ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23161, 6 October 1938, Page 14
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