CANADIAN DEFENCE.
THE DOMINION'S INDEPENDENT ACTION. United Prats Association — By El«otri« Telegraph — Copyright. (Received February 22, 8.54 a.m.) LONDON, February 21. Britain has suggested that Canada should contribute a quarter of a million sterling annually towards the de* fenoe of Halifax and Esquimalt, leaving the control to the British Government. Canada has preferred to bear the sole cost and to have full control, which will begin in July.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 8248, 22 February 1905, Page 2
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