THE PROGRESS OF A CENTURY OF CIVILISATION IN WAR MACHINES.
. ,1... 11 MS Victory bull! ill ITlio (our oldest warship atloati. and 11.M.5. Ilerc-des. Two photographs superimposed give the remarkable comparison m si • Trafdgir in I*os The Hercules may never be used In warfare, although she cost completed in 1911 (our largest Dreadnought atloati. Hie 1 let « last game distance from the camera, so that the comparison in size Is substantially accurate well nigh two millions sterling. The pictures weie taken e xactl -' at th ® machines for death and destruction Is causing many statesmen ami able men to weigh The alarming growth and fabulous coot to the ilfH d expenditure of these vast sums of public moneys 's primarily benefiting tile pockets and milkthe question with grave consideration. It the ships and complete them ready for sea.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 23, 7 June 1911, Page 17
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137THE PROGRESS OF A CENTURY OF CIVILISATION IN WAR MACHINES. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 23, 7 June 1911, Page 17
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