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BRITISH ARMED FORCES STRATEGIC RESERVE ASSURANCE BY MINISTER DEBATE ON ESTIMATES (Eleu. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. March 9, 3 p.m.) LONDON. March 8. During his speech in the House of Commons on the army estimates. 11 1 Secretary of State for War, Mr. L. Hore-Belisha, surveyed the military purposes for which the British forces were maintained and the manner m which they were being discharged. He recalled that the foundation of British strategy hud been to maintain land forces which, in conjunction with sea power, would be sufficient to safeguard the British territories.
He proceeded to review in detail both the home defence and overseas garrisons and stressed that neither the maintenance of strategic reserves in India and the Middle East nor the strengthening of the overseas garrisons would result in the diminution of the size of the strategic reserve in the United Kingdom.
PLAN FOR CONFERENCE AUSTRAL)A.V APPROVAL (Reed. March 9. 3 p.m.) 'SYDNEY, March 9. The Sydney Morning Herald says that the proposals for a conference of defence experts from Britain, Australia and New Zealand to discuss common defence problems will undoubtedly be accepted by Australia. The Daily Telegraph says that the Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, will attend the conference.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19884, 10 March 1939, Page 7
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