WEST INDIAN STATION.
BRITAIN'S PROTECTIVE FLEET. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, May 4. The Admiralty's invitation to workmen to volunteer for service in Bermuda indicates that the Panama Canal is influencing the naval arrangements. The ships on the West Indian station are the Hermione, which is twenty-one years old, and four armored cruisers. These cannot be regarded as sufficient protection for British interests.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 286, 6 May 1914, Page 5
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64WEST INDIAN STATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 286, 6 May 1914, Page 5
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