AUSTRALIAN NAVY
DRASTIC REDUCTIONS MELBOURNE, April 7. Further heavy economies are to be effected in the Defence Department which, probably, will result in a saving of £7CO,OCO. The only ships to remain in commission are the cruisers Australia and Canberra, the aircraft carrier Albatross and one destroyer, the Success, while the destroyer Huon will be sunk b v gunfire. It is estimated that 20 per cent of the clerical staff will be dtsmissed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17229, 8 April 1930, Page 7
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