NAVAL DEFENCE.
THE NEW ADMIRAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON. (Received November 27, 1.35 a.m.) LONDON, November 20. At a banquet /iven by the Colonial Club to Admir/7 Arthur D. Fanshawo. who was recently appointed to too command of the Australian squadron, a hundred were present. Sir J. A. Cockbum (South Australia) said the Pacific would become tho international prize-ring of the future. Australians, ho said, supported tho Imperial Navy, but desired to have some voica in the matter of the local line of sea defence. Sir Horace Tozer (Agent-General for Queensland) hoped that’ Admiral Fanshawo would continue the survey of tho northern coasts of Australia. Admiral Fanshawe said he was delighted to go among citizens who had stood shoulder to shoulder with tho army in South Africa. When a maritime sentiment pervaded tho Empire, ho said, our defence would he on a sound basis.
OTTAWA, November 25, Mr F. W. Borden' Canadian Minister of Militia, and a member of the. Navy League .of Ottawa, says tho, Canadian Government will consider a scheme for making Canadian branches of tho league as a naval force available for Imperial service.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4822, 27 November 1902, Page 5
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