AUSTRALIAN NAVAL BASE.
*"— ♦ (Press Assn.—By Telegraph— Copyright.) (Received May 9, il a.m.) ADELAIDE, May 9. The Commonwealth flag was unfurled on tho site of the proposed naval base at Cockburn Sound, which was named by Admiral Henderson as a fleet base. Senator Pearce, Federal Minister of Defence, at the ceremony stated that the base would comprise a complete dockyard. Tho Government was considering complete slips for the building of battle-ship-cruisers, besides ship-repairing, sections. The floating dock would accommodate the largest warships afloat.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13070, 9 May 1913, Page 3
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