Colonial Naval Defence.
Per United Press Association. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright LONDON. Jan. 30. The Pall Mall Gazette’s naval correspondent, commenting on the Australian proposal to spread the expenditure on a torpedo flotilla over a septennatc, says Warships become obsolete so rapidly that the first portion of the Australian flotilla would be almost useless by the lime the later ones wore built. Moreover, the cost of maintenance is not insignificant. Much better value would be Obtainable by handing the entire sum ns a contribution to • the Imperial Navy.
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Southland Times, Issue 19729, 1 February 1906, Page 2
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