COLONIES AND THE NAVY
SIR, THOMAS BENT PROPOSE;; A JOINT SCHEME. By Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright MEHBOURNE, September 12. Sir Thomas Bent, Premier of Victoria, who has been indisposed, states that when he is able to see Mr Denkin, the Federal Prime Minister, ho intends to ask him why England, Canada. New Zealand, and Australia should not contribute to have a navy, including battleships, in the Pacific, and why the United States should not contribute also, making it a joint, concern. j America, he says, baa interests in the Pacific, which will ho increased when tho Panama Canal is completed, and tho presence of an Anglo-Saxon navy in the Pacific would steady a lot of other nations. Tho countries ecu corned might burrow money to construct such a navy. Australia’s share would bo about ten million pounds.
When Mr Deakin was seen in -connection with Sir Thomas Bent’,sohomo, ho asked to he excused from saying anything about it. A SUGGESTED VISIT TO AUSTRALIA. LONDON, September 11. “ The Times ” suggests that Sir Percy Scott’s cruiser squadron, which is to visit the Oapo, should afterwards proceed to Australia.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6624, 14 September 1908, Page 5
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