SPANISH NAVAL PROGRAMME.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8797, 26 April 1907, Page 2

SPANISH NAVAL PROGRAMME.

Press Association—Copyright.

Madrid, April 25

Spain has decided to build, in the yards of a British firm which will establish itself at Ferrol, three battleships of the Lord Nelson type, also three Lord Nelsons, six fast cruisers, and twelve destroyers in British shipyards. Berlin, April 25.

The newspaper Espana states that the naval orders have been placed in Britain as the result of the new entente.

CABLES The second son of the Kaiser fell heavily from his horse during a parade in Berlin, and is suffering from coucusison of the brain.