THE BRITISH NAVY.
LONDON, December 10. It is officially announced that in March next AdmiraFSir A. D. Fanshawe becomes commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, and that Rear-admiral Sir H. H. Lambton takes charge of the China station. Viceadmiral Sir W. H. Fawkes will take charge at Devonport, and Rear-admiral Sir Richard Poore will .command the Aus : tralian station. December 13. Mr W. T. Stead, in the Review of Reviews, advocates the building of two British battleships to every German one, involving naval estimates of 40 millions sterling. j December 14. ' The Spectator and other papers^snpport Mr W..T. Stead's proposal that England should lay down two ships to every one laid down by Germany. The Admiralty has decided that Rearadmiral Sir Richard Poore'e appointment to the command of the Australian Station shall date from the New Year.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 28
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134THE BRITISH NAVY. Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 28
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