STRONG BRITISH FLEET
Po< t-war Aim fßec 7.30 p.m.) LONDON. July 18. A warning- against disbanding too much of the Fleet after th#* war with Japa.. was given by Vice-Admiral J. E. T. Harper, chairman of the Navy league Sea Cadet Corps Committee, when speaking af a luncheon oi lhe Rotary Club ot London. Vice-Admiral Harper said: “The Navy League’s most important won I :icv' is to make certain that we rc-tair sufficient ;Y-a power after the wa . We should not again disarm to such 2 point that an aggressor might tx tempted to attack us by our apparenl inability to resist him. After the fal. of Japan there will be very greatei need for the Navy league to reminc the beoplc of the importance of maintaming a .‘trong British Navy.'
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23258, 20 July 1945, Page 5
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131STRONG BRITISH FLEET Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23258, 20 July 1945, Page 5
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