DEFENCE.
LORD BERESFORD PERSISTENT. AFTER DINNER SPEECHES. Press Assbciatibn-By Telegraph-Copyright : ' , LONDON,, July to.';.' Lord Charles Bcresford, wlio, was the guest at the London. Chamber of Commerce dinner, in a, speech, adhered to every statement lie had made in his previous speech. He emphasised the necessity for beginning four contingent Dreadnoughts in 1909; "otherwise," he said, "in the event of emergency wo shall bo unable to begin flic new programme in 1?!?, becaxise the yards and slips will be filled. with the old programme." Iti would be" expedient to augment the shipbuilding plant in readiness for any demand. He reiterated his statement that safety depended not oil one type of ship,, but on a fleet, complete in all its units. Sir C. H.' It'asoh, Agent-General for West Australia, resixmded to the toast of the " Overseas'Domimons.''
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13957, 17 July 1909, Page 5
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134DEFENCE. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13957, 17 July 1909, Page 5
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