DEFENCE PLANS
AUSTRALIAN POLICY AIR EXPANSION SCHEME LINK WITH SINGAPORE [By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright] MELBOURNE, Aug. 25. The Defence Council discussed plans j for bringing the Australian defences into line with the re-armament policy of Britain. Expenditure for the current financial year will reach nearly £10,000,000. The new programme of expansion includes the purchase of many long--1 I range reconnaissance aircraft to pa- ’ ' trol the Australian coast and form s link with the Singapore Base, which h ; the unit nearest to Australia in the 'Empire chain. I It is expected that a feature of the r i new programme will be the establishi ment of a new aircraft base at Dara ' win ’ .
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 201, 26 August 1936, Page 7
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