DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA.
NECESSITY FOR .S£LF^. „- RELIANCE. \ . [Pbess Asbooiation— CopTnmai.l Melbourne, Feb. 2. •Mr Andrew Fisher, Federal Premier, speaking at the Australian Natives' dinner,- said. thaV the people must be imbued ,Wltb the. idea that tbey must practically .rely on them'-.v selves for defence in co-operation with the Mother Country.^ They I could hot have efficient sea , defence unless they bad 'a navy controlled by their own people in co-operation with Britain. }With regard to military defence be was entirely in favour of compulsory training.
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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12455, 3 February 1909, Page 3
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85DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA. Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12455, 3 February 1909, Page 3
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