DUTCH NAVY TO BE HALVED
ROYAL COMMISSION’S PROPOSAL. REDUCTIONS IN ALL BRANCHES. By Telegraph—Press Assn.— Copyright Rec. 11.30 p.m. The Hague, Jan. 14. A Royal Commission reported to Queen Wilhelmia in favour of reorganising and halving the navy. The Government is expected to adopt the recommendations, which cover the retention of the Helder naval base and the abandonment of the bases at Amsterdam and Flushing, the halving Of the naval personnel, the dissolving of the Marine Corps and the dissolution of obsolete ships and war material, thus effecting large savings.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1934, Page 7
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