DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA
SEAPLANE AND FUEL BASES. A RECONNIOTRING EXPEDITION. Association—Br Teiemnaph—Copyright MELBOURNE, March 31. (Received March 31, at 10.15 p.m.) Early next month a seaplane will leave on a reconnoitring expedition round the. Commonwealth to locate suitable sites tor seaplane and heavy fuel bases. This is regarded as lending special significance to the emphatic advocacy of Admiral bield of the need of Australian coastal bases and depots. It is now said that there is a strong belief that the visit of the special service squadrons was planned: with a more practical object than that of mere sightseeing.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19135, 1 April 1924, Page 7
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