NAVAL DEFENCE.
COMMONWEALTH niRECTOP.S RE PORT. DECLARES FOR AN AUSTRALIAN NAVY. United Press Astoci&liea—Per EJertric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON. Februarv 1% The C'-iivanor.wr.iWi N,jv.-4 jtport is anything but- nputniMic «n A»»1 }■-■»■ lian naval prepanedflefx. Use 4«mW <kclare* for an Anrfraiun navy, and s*pf3l» the recommendation* made in Dw*mlcr last Uwt the CtMunnrotealtS] shnaM l*e p}«vvidul with three cruiser dtsuwyei'*. *ixUai tr»r|3cdo l»oat destroyers, fifteen fij*j »rA second clasps torpedo W»t*. 5o be provided over a period of seven ve-arw. al an annual cost of £330.00£». Tbis. be j-iden>. would provide for dtftnec. ar,d is not designed an a for.-.« hr .M.dit.n agxitM hoj.-tile Jleeiy. which 5* the province of «5« Imperial tlect. but a* a line of defcru-e necewarj- to secure a t!»v;>! sw.se for j-ojm-lons eer.tres: and prin«"ip«.i3 r»it* of cenv nierce.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12904, 15 February 1906, Page 5
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131NAVAL DEFENCE. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12904, 15 February 1906, Page 5
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