THE NAVY.
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LONDON, July 14. /, The largest naval nlisw^euvres ' evgiii.j held m British waters 'haA'e begun. r pt%d&° hundred '• and twenty y vessels and_. 22 ■< admirals. are engaged. : ; . 0 ,','"ii< •'•'■ The newspaper The Nation *$sttf_kg Mr Churchin, First Jjord *_f tfceV^dmiralty, for his anticipation, tha .\- five new battleships x would be sfc^tioped' at Malta, though he lately declared .hat ' the present position- was adequate for , the Empire's policy, .'.-,', ,"* (Received July 15, 8.5 a.D_.) LONDON,VJuIy 14. Sir David Graaf> intetvie,^ ' at South-; ampton regarding naval -matters,, said that South Africa was 'ahiioiiis and willing to take a full share of the responsibilities of the Empire.' ' . . Captain Faber, M.P,, asserted that •when ■ Ministers returned... from Malta they intended to abandon the Mediterranean, but after a .severe struggle the Defence Committee succeeded m reversing the. intention. He believed the Canadian offer Avouild fee seven million; dollars every other year.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12815, 15 July 1912, Page 5
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151THE NAVY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12815, 15 July 1912, Page 5
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