“NOT WEAKENED”
JAPAN’S NAVAL POWER THREE DAMAGED WARSHIPS WILL BE REPLACED. LOSSES CONSIDERABLE. By Tel eg rapli. —P ress Assn. —Copy ri gh t. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received October 12, 10 p.m.) TOKIO, October 11. Tho Navy Department states that atthough the Japanese navy suffered considerable losses in the earthquake the naval power of Japan has not been weakened as the result. The warships Amagi, Mikasa, and Naka sustained the most eerious damage, estimated at 11 million yen. The construction of the Naka will be (suspended, the Mikasa will be repaired and used as a target ship, and the Amagi will bo replaced. ° Tiie destroyed naval institutions include a' technical laboratory, the hydrograhic office, the medical college, and the powder magazine and arsenal at Yokohama. While badly damaged, they will immediately be repaired.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11649, 13 October 1923, Page 6
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